On Friday, November 20, 2015 at 8:29:52 PM UTC-5, Vito wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:08:49 -0800 (PST), "Wise TibetanMonkey, Most
> Humble Philosopher" <
thetibet...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >On Friday, November 20, 2015 at 10:36:16 AM UTC-5, Vito wrote:
> >> On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 23:10:22 -0800 (PST), "Wise TibetanMonkey, Most
> >> Humble Philosopher" <
thetibet...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Specifically where it says "The Truth Shall Make You Free."
> >> >
> >> >I could find no other truth.
> >>
> >> Look at the parable of Eve's apple. It's poison is the knoledge of
> >> good vs evil - the idea that we can guess if a thing is good or bad.
> >> Fighting over it has caused most of mankinds suffering. Was God happy
> >> when he found Adam & Eve wearing cloths?
> >
> >The Bible has it all wrong. Instead of God punishing humanity for wanting to know good from evil, we should be celebrating the "martyrs" that took a bite from the wrong fruit and died from poisoning, thus teaching us what to eat and not.
> >
> >The only poisoning may be the Bible itself.
> >
> Read it again. Yhwh did not punish them for wanting to know about
> sin, he punished them for disobedience. The knowledge has been
> punishment enough. Why are Muslims killing others? Because they are
> heretics - ie, differ in what they think is right/wrong.
>
> On many dark moonless night I used to ride the Blue Ridge Parkway
> without a headlight. The lights in houses in the valley mirrored the
> stars giving a 3D effect of space travel. But you'll nay do that
> again - the gummymint took away your headlight switch.
Think again how practical in would be to ride a motorcycle if Adam & Eve had not sinned and you would have to ride naked. Ridiculous, right?
Their "rebellion" paid off in terms of practicality. They are heroes, not sinners.