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To: hosepipe

Because humans aren’t perfect.
See Genesis 3 for further explanation.


10 posted on 11/01/2010 9:13:57 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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To: MrB
Genesis ch 1-3 is metaphorical... The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is a metaphorical operator.. a word picture worth 10,000 words.. as are the other operators..

Making it literal is making it a cartoon.. when the lessons taught are deep..

28 posted on 11/01/2010 9:50:10 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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