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And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
I was going through Genesis again for the lulz, and started thinking about this. The reason that god gives for kicking people out of Eden is that they could eat of the tree of life and be immortal. That they wouldn't need him "the man has become as one of us," God says. Nowhere in this is sin mentioned. Only fear and trepidation.
By the by, notice the plural "us" that is used. Who is God talking to?
There are a ton of clues in Genesis that the Hebrews conception of god didn't become singular, all powerful, or so abstract until quite late.
Better yet there's archeological evidence that they worshiped multiple local Yahwehs each with his own goddess consort, not to mention fertility goddesses, etc., etc. And if angels aren't a kind of god, or demi-god what are they? And then there's the devil. He's pretty godlike too.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
