Yes, God really knows how to

Michael Wolraich — Sat, 09 May 2009 17:53:58 +0000

Yes, God really knows how to do cliff hangers.

In what does the "knowledge of good and evil" consist? Tune in next time for some surprising revelations.

Professor Genghis: Let me

acanuck — Sat, 09 May 2009 04:04:20 +0000

In reply to The Heretic's Bible - Genesis 2: Adam gets a "helper"

Professor Genghis: Let me commend the accuracy of your translation. It really bugs me when scholars whose Low Aramaic is shaky (to put it politely) refer to the fruit Adam was ordered to steer clear of as merely the Tree of Knowledge. Somehow justifying their own anti-scientific mindset.

No, it's the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. God didn't object to Adam exploring and understanding paradise; He had already assessed His handiwork and pronounced it good. What he didn't want was Adam deciding on his own that some parts of it were maybe not up to snuff. That's why God hurriedly set about distracting Adam by inventing sex -- getting him a "helper," in the euphemism of the day.

And we really dodged a bullet there, if I may say so. 'Cause the first thing God did was to parade all the animals (and birds, for God's sake) before Adam to see if any of them would do as "helpers." Thank God Adam hadn't had time to get really horny, or God knows what humankind would look like today.

Looking forward to your next installment. If Adam can just resist eating fruit from that one tree, I figure we're in the clear.

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Yes, God really knows how to

Professor Genghis: Let me