To: Giordano Bruno who wrote (34570 ) 3/23/2013 3:16:52 PM From: Solon 2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) | Respond to "Trees for protection?" Yes...hmmm...well, this gentleman explains it perhaps better than I could. But Yahweh is definitely terrified of people having either morality or knowledge. He plants trees to protect himself. And remember how terrified and threatened he felt at the tower of bad babies when people wanted to see behind the clouds (acquire knowledge)?? He made them wander over the earth, unable to communicate. "Suck this. Throw what? Paint this. Drink what?? "And the LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. In either case it certainly doesn’t seem like the result of an omniscient forethought or the fault of the child who does not know any better. This means that man had never been given a reason to trust god, much less follow orders blindly. Looking at children you can see that they learn who to trust over time as they grow up. If you’ve ever spent much time around kids you know the fastest way to get them to do something is to tell them they can’t do it. It’s a part of our nature to want to question authority, and if god truly created this first man then god should have known that this sense of rebellion would be innate in man. As the creator, an omnipotent deity had to know that by telling man to not eat the fruit of that one tree, that there would be a bite taken out before the man went to bed. So understanding the difference between good and evil is a skill that mankind had not yet acquired before eating from the tree, and yet adam and eve were expected to understand why they should not do something. Perhaps it’s just me, no it’s not just me, it’s any person with an understanding of simple logic. If somebody has no understanding of the difference between right and wrong, can they, or should they be held responsible for their actions? Our court system here in the US doesn’t seem to think so, but apparently “god” does. it shows that god’s goal for mankind was to remain ignorant, of at least morality. For a minute try to think about what the world would be like if there was no understand of good and evil. How would people act? That is a world I’m glad I do not live in. In an attempt to make themselves the sole arbiter of laws and morality, they tell people that knowledge through any source other than this book is a dangerous thing that will kill. Again, this is a world I’m glad I do not live in. thinking-critically.com
