Snakes in paradise

[North King]

You guys make fun of a story that is a lesson to us humans. If Adam did not eat the fruit then something else would of brought us here. It was a case of “when” not “if”. This world is a pass life, into the hereafter. By your free will that lord has given you, you must decide whether or not you choose to believe in him. Remember folks every soul shall taste death.

Forgive me if I don't put my afterlife in the hands of a God who created naked, stupid things, placed a fruit tree in their garden that would give them wisdom, and commanded them not to eat it, thereby more or less ensuring that they'd eat it.

 

[warpus]

You guys make fun of a story that is a lesson to us humans.

Yes, I get it, humans have free will, which means that there is no way around bad things happening. You can't have one without the other.

Unfortunately some people think that all this stuff actually happened, totally missing the moral of the story.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

I think all this stuff happened. Of course, I think the whole reason God put the tree there was so that they would eat from it. He told them not too at the same time telling them to do something they couldn't without eating. The serpent was the only one who got fooled.

 

[EdCase]

You guys make fun of a story that is a lesson to us humans. If Adam did not eat the fruit then something else would of brought us here. It was a case of “when” not “if”. This world is a pass life, into the hereafter. By your free will that lord has given you, you must decide whether or not you choose to believe in him. Remember folks every soul shall taste death.

And I bet it tastes like chicken..

Seriously though, I thought the soul was immortal. Isn't it the meatbag vessel that dies ?

If not I guess the non-believers like me have an out after all. No hell for me I'll just taste death thank you very much.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

I think all this stuff happened. Of course, I think the whole reason God put the tree there was so that they would eat from it. He told them not too at the same time telling them to do something they couldn't without eating. The serpent was the only one who got fooled.

It's kinda like how my CO told us not to get caught in the all girl's dorm down the way.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

God would have never put the tree in the garden if eating from it would have messed things up in any way. It was the divine equivalent of "wink wink, nudge nudge". So to speak.

 

[phoenix_night]

You should watch Ricky Gervais' routine that goes by the name of "Animals".

Was that show any good? I quite liked his "Politics"; haven't seen this one though...

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

God would have never put the tree in the garden if eating from it would have messed things up in any way. It was the divine equivalent of "wink wink, nudge nudge". So to speak.

Of course, the whole "wink wink nudge nudge ( know what I mean? Say no more!)" comes from Monthy Python.

A python being a snake....is it.... a reference?

Nudge Nudge Sketch

 

[Shylock]

Snakes on a bibical story!

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Snakes on a bibical story!

I want those *&(%^%* snakes outta this &*^&*^(* garden!

 

[Rambuchan]

I want those *&(%^%* snakes outta this &*^&*^(* garden!

Nice one.

Was that show any good? I quite liked his "Politics"; haven't seen this one though...

Was it any good? My God man, it was one of his finest! (The section on Gay animals was second only to his explanation of Genesis).

 

[brennan]

I think all this stuff happened. Of course, I think the whole reason God put the tree there was so that they would eat from it. He told them not too at the same time telling them to do something they couldn't without eating. The serpent was the only one who got fooled.

God would have never put the tree in the garden if eating from it would have messed things up in any way. It was the divine equivalent of "wink wink, nudge nudge". So to speak.

Hardly fair to punish the poor serpent then huh? God works via entrapment.

 

[Margim]

The other important question that's bugging me is what kind of beans did Jack actually get for his cow... and what breed of cow was it anyway?

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

You should watch Ricky Gervais' routine that goes by the name of "Animals". He addresses all this in that.

Quoting Gervais as the snake speaking to God, from memory:

"Hold on, you want me to crawl around on my belly for the rest of my days as punishment for taking mankind's innocence and causing the Fall of Man? Me? A snake? On my belly?!!

Oh man! Yup, yup, yup! You got me there God. Whoa, ouch. Please, no more."

Was the first thing I thought of when I saw the OP.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

God punished the snake (ie Satan, in our understanding) not because he told them to eat the fruit but for his motivation in doing so, that he wanted to mess up God's plan (not realizing it wouldn't). And this was after he had been kicked out of heaven anyways.