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edhopper

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8. Sophisticated!?!

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 05:11 PM

Apr 2012

If Adam and Eve did not know good and evil, how could they be punished for doing something wrong since they did not know eating the fruit was wrong until AFTER they ate the fruit. And so God decides to punish not only them for this terrible crime of eating a piece of fruit, but ALL there descendants to the end of time?
That is why there is suffering in the World?
WTF?

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Catholic Cardinal Says Adam and Eve Didn�t Exist [View all] Ian David Apr 2012 OP

Actually, that was what I was taught in Catholic school. Cleita Apr 2012 #1

Exactly HockeyMom Apr 2012 #3

Hey, it was six, remember customerserviceguy Apr 2012 #19

True for me as well. It was the stories and lessons that were important cbayer Apr 2012 #4

Yeah, I don't know what caused so many Catholics to become Biblical literalist. TexasProgresive Apr 2012 #5

a) myths are not necessarily false. dmallind Apr 2012 #2

Well, this one is. There was no first man and woman, anymore than there was Cleita Apr 2012 #6

Oh I agree - but you don't get to be a cardinal of the church dmallind Apr 2012 #7

Yet there is a first lady. ZombieHorde Apr 2012 #42

Sophisticated!?! edhopper Apr 2012 #8

Good questions. rug Apr 2012 #10

I agree with you. LTX Apr 2012 #11

talking snakes? kiri Apr 2012 #12

Metaphor is an interesting device. Quite often employed. LTX Apr 2012 #13

So what is the "sophisticated" interpretation on why God edhopper Apr 2012 #18

(1) What do you think Genesis "indoctrinated" people to? LTX Apr 2012 #28

I'll add one more question to those above. LTX Apr 2012 #29

Well, edhopper Apr 2012 #30

Precisely. LTX Apr 2012 #35

Your little cartoon version of Genesis is indeed unsophisticated. AlbertCat Apr 2012 #16

Although you are apparently unaware of it, LTX Apr 2012 #25

I am aware of it AlbertCat Apr 2012 #36

Ah well. Nobody can make you actually read it, I suppose. LTX Apr 2012 #37

Nobody can make you actually read it, I suppose. AlbertCat Apr 2012 #40

Ok. I concede. LTX Apr 2012 #43

What exaclty did you mean by "cartoon version of Gensis" exactly? I saw no cartoon...(nt) eqfan592 Apr 2012 #17

What is set out above is the modern distillation of the Christian re-write LTX Apr 2012 #26

They were told not to eat before they ate Angry Dragon Apr 2012 #20

But they did not know right from wrong before they ate. edhopper Apr 2012 #23

good point, I had not thought of that Angry Dragon Apr 2012 #31

Not exactly "news" to most of us here, whether we're inside the church or outside it struggle4progress Apr 2012 #9

IT IS ALL MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES DESIGNED THE SUBJUGATE AND CONTROL THE MESSES HowHasItComeToThis Apr 2012 #14

I'm watching this program now... AlbertCat Apr 2012 #15

The traditional church, Catholic and Protestant, Thats my opinion Apr 2012 #21

To make your statement true, it needs to be put as follows: trotsky Apr 2012 #22

So there are no Protestant literalists? n/t Goblinmonger Apr 2012 #24

That may be, but I live in Tennessee and I can tell you from personal experience Rob H. Apr 2012 #27

Is this news? Dorian Gray Apr 2012 #32

Well, not *always*. trotsky Apr 2012 #33

Did I saw always? Dorian Gray Apr 2012 #44

Actually the cardinal has it wrong edhopper Apr 2012 #34

Without Adam and Eve Jesus wouldn't even be necessary. moobu2 Apr 2012 #38

Actually, the "original sin thing" has been superimposed on the Genesis Accounts LTX Apr 2012 #41

So say some theologians. trotsky Apr 2012 #45

Huh? LTX Apr 2012 #46

Sure, that's exactly what I said. trotsky Apr 2012 #47

Oh. Ok. I'll shut the hell up now. LTX Apr 2012 #48

And that, too, is exactly what I said. trotsky Apr 2012 #49

Well, we're all the same, you know. LTX Apr 2012 #50

LMAO trotsky Apr 2012 #51

Why don't you tell me. LTX Apr 2012 #52

LOL, wut? trotsky Apr 2012 #55

And you had me pegged right from the start, didn't you? LTX Apr 2012 #56

At the start, you made a claim. A claim of certainty, even. trotsky Apr 2012 #57

What claim do you think I made? LTX Apr 2012 #58

Post #41. trotsky Apr 2012 #59

I'm perplexed. LTX Apr 2012 #60

Christians do not agree with your claim. trotsky Apr 2012 #61

Be that as it may, LTX Apr 2012 #62

Not when you throw the idea of prophesy into the mix. n/t trotsky Apr 2012 #63

I'm actually not aware of any prophesy LTX Apr 2012 #64

I suggest you engage some Christian theologians about this. trotsky Apr 2012 #65

It would be interesting. LTX Apr 2012 #66

You just may be on to something here. Please, tell us more. cleanhippie Apr 2012 #53

Oh my. I guess you have me there. LTX Apr 2012 #54

Much like your responses to trotsky, you intentionally misinterpret responses to claim persecution cleanhippie Apr 2012 #67

I misinterpreted Trotsky. LTX Apr 2012 #68

Yeah, you should just do that. cleanhippie Apr 2012 #69

But apparently that stuff in Leviticus? 100% true... brooklynite Apr 2012 #39