What makes you think we don't have the right to judge our creator? We're free thinking beings, and part of the point of choosing something is making judgments on whether or not we want to do it. How are we supposed to know he's worthy if we don't judge his actions? The fact that he created the world has little bearing on the morality of slavery and genocide.
No they didn't understand. They had no knowledge of good and evil. Like a toddler, they may have understood the word No, but they didn't understand why. If they did, they would already have knowledge of good and evil, and the point of not eating the fruit would be moot. Part of the problem of the story is that it cuts straight from Yahweh saying not to do something, straight to Eve walking near the tree and the snake talking to her. We don't know how much time had passed, or what else Yahweh may have said to try to explain things.
He just said don't do this, or you will die. Ok, what is death to someone who has never experienced it? Did eve ever see an animal die, and Yahweh had to explain that it wasn't going to wake up and play with her anymore? This story was written by people who already understood what death was, and that being naked was wrong, so he didn't feel the need to explain how Eve was meant to understand what death was, and why being naked was wrong.
No they didn't understand. They had no knowledge of good and evil. Like a toddler, they may have understood the word No, but they didn't understand why. If they did, they would already have knowledge of good and evil, and the point of not eating the fruit would be moot. Part of the problem of the story is that it cuts straight from Yahweh saying not to do something, straight to Eve walking near the tree and the snake talking to her. We don't know how much time had passed, or what else Yahweh may have said to try to explain things.
He just said don't do this, or you will die. Ok, what is death to someone who has never experienced it? Did eve ever see an animal die, and Yahweh had to explain that it wasn't going to wake up and play with her anymore? This story was written by people who already understood what death was, and that being naked was wrong, so he didn't feel the need to explain how Eve was meant to understand what death was, and why being naked was wrong.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html