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Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 3 Mar 2000 21:51:42 GMT
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JSPROAT@avoidspamIO.COM
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Ben Roller wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > No no no no no... :-,
> > (i.e. eating the forbidden fruit made them mortal.) To which Satan
> > replied, "you won't die but actually you'll become like the gods, knowing good
> > from evil".
> No no no. There was the tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life. They at from
> the first one, and were kicked out so that they wouldn't eat from the second
> one and become immortal. They weren't kicked out for becoming knowledgeable
> as we usually think(that's what the listed punishments are for), they were
> kicked out to prevent further "feasting"(1)
Yah, I forgot about that one in the heat of debate. So it was a combination
punishment / preventative maintenance decision, then.
> > It was Satan who lied, at least partially, to get Eve to munch on that apple.
> "Satan" (the serpent actually) didn't lie at all. he said that their eyes
> would be opened and they would be like God. Their eyes were opened, and God
> said that they were like Him. I'm all for Satan bashing, but it doesn't look
> like he lied here.
Wha--?! Whose side are you on? ;-)
But I dunno; I still consider Satan's speech at least a half-lie, working on
Eve's desire to become something greater, and her ignorance on what makes a
god.
I suppose it's like if I were to persuade you to buy a box of Wheeties, so
that you can become like Michael Jordan.
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
Card-carrying member of the Star-Bellied Sneech Preservation Society
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| (...) No no no. There was the tree of Knowledge and the Tree of Life. They at from the first one, and were kicked out so that they wouldn't eat from the second one and become immortal. They weren't kicked out for becoming knowledgeable as we usually (...) (24 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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