Posted on 08/31/2010 4:07:41 AM PDT by Ancient Drive
Genesis is my favorite book. I just had this thought that maybe the trees are symbolic... wait wait... don't start hurling tomatoes at me.
Tree of Life = Knowledge guided by God(our father)
Tree of Knowledge = Raw knowledge, no direction.(like giving a kid the keys to that 1957 Bell Air even though he knows the kid is gonna wreck it)
What if that was the test? God gave us free will and in doing so he put these choices before us. All knowledge flows from one place. Mankind instead followed knowledge for himself rather than be guided to such knowledge by our maker.
With every human born there is another processing unit added to the cloud so to speak and this increases our knowledge(raw knowledge.. no guidance from God. Remember we made this choice in the beginning). What we choose to do with knowledge determines the end result, and so far things are not looking good.
Every advance, every technological jump we make brings us closer to self-annihilation. We seriously need God to step in and get the bunch of bratty kids(mankind) out of the drivers seat.ahh.. I need to lay off of the coffee.
I don’t even really know what his way is and I don’t interpret scripture.
I don’t believe there is any one true religion. I believe God instills in us whatever belief He wants for us, individually. That’s why there are so many differing beliefs throughout history.
I really don’t know enough about Protestantism to say. I’ve never studied it.
If you were correct:,
then God instills in some Moslems that they should kill you for being an infidel. AND anything anyone believes is instilled by God, thus God instilled in the Aztecs to sacrifice humans to Him.
Yes, that’s certainly the way I see it. To me, it’s just one of the many mysteries of God.
Why do you even believe there is A God?
Do you believe that we have an eternal soul that never dies, or do you believe that’s it, the end, nothing after we die.
Because I was designed that way and to me, it’s self-evident. Yes I believe we have a soul, but I do not know what happens after we die.
What is your belief sytem dervied from? What nationality are you?
I believe it’s from God, not anyone person, book or teaching. I would imagine that something that is self-evident, comes from God and a persons personal experiences. Mostly God though. He just designed/created me this way.
I was born in Syracuse, NY - 1950. Other than lots of intnl travel the last 40yrs, lived in CONUS all but 6yrs.
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