Interesting convo.... my take away is..
Is earth Paradise or HELL?.... -or- some other realm in between?..
Seems “it” got all started with that damned “Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil”...
Warned... to say away from that damned thing, “they didn’t”...
Is that story merely a metaphor or an actually happening?..
I think (who cares) it’s the meme that counts..
What’s good or evil (in degrees) is what takes all the air out of the room about most things “human”..
And is the elephant in the room..
Some are looking to create paradise on earth or think it is already here...
Others try to deal with the HELL they think earth already IS.. or is becoming..
Gnostic smothistic... most have never heard of gnostics....
It’s results of that damned Tree I tell ya!...
Real or imagined... it’s a real meme...
Most want to become smarter than everyone else...
The best religion being people smarter than the others..
The best government being the smartest one...
A planet of smart alecks...
Pretty smart of someone to place the Tree of the Knowledge Good and Evil -AND- The Tree of Life at the very beginning of the bible..
How dumb many are to overlook the lessons contained therein..
The question remains.. NOT how smart are you.?. BUT How smart do you think you are.?.
Can YOU determine GOOD from EVIL?....
Might take a GOD to make that qualification..
HUGS!!!
Thank you, dear "poet!" (Somehow, you remind me of William Blake....)