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Group: alt.philosophy · Group Profile
Author: Daisy
Date: Jan 3, 2008 21:55

"turtoni" fastmail.net> wrote in message
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On Jan 3, 11:50 pm, "Daisy" here.com> wrote:
> Although the Bible can be seen as stories and parodies then it must be seen
> regarding the Eve and the apple story

"God (referred to as YHWH) creates Adam from the dust of the earth and
breathes life into him, making him a living being (nephesh). God then
creates the animals, and Adam names them. Finally, God makes Adam a
helpmate fashioned from his rib. God forbids Adam and Eve from eating
the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, warning that they
will die if they do. The serpent tempts Eve into eating the forbidden
fruit, and she gives the fruit to Adam, too. They become aware of
their nakedness, and when God sees the clothes they have made for
themselves, he knows they've disobeyed his command. God expels them
both from the Garden of Eden and curses them. The man is cursed to
labor, and the woman is cursed to submit to her husband and to bear
children in pain. God also curses the serpent to crawl and to eat
dust, and he puts enmity between people and serpents. God posts an
angel to guard the entrance to the garden.

Adam and Eve have two sons, Cain and Abel. Cain kills Abel when God
rejects his offering and accepts Abel's. Cain is then cursed to
wander, and he founds a city and a lineage. Adam and Eve have another
son, Seth, and other children. These children then multiply, populate
the world, and take dominion over it, as God had commanded."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_and_eve
> 1. Women are disobedient and would disobey even a so called God.

"The serpent tempts Eve into eating the forbidden fruit"
> 2. Men cannot resist women and would be tempted by them even though they
> also would be disobedient to God.

"and she gives the fruit to Adam, too."
> In the parody this would imply that men would gravitate more toward women
> than God. That women have more power over men than God does.
> And indeed that men love women more than God. If Adam had truly loved God
> he would not have been tempted by Eve. Thus the temptation of woman and the
> disobedience was a stronger force that the love of God.

Nice try but I think the serpent is supposed to have played a role and
BOTH sexes were curious.

Kind of odd of God to place such temptation in front of them and allow
the serpant it's place.

It was a setup!
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