Monday, July 4, 2011

APB #6: If only Adam and Eve didn't sin....

This blog post is going to be about what would have happened if Adam and Eve didn't eat the 'forbidden fruit'. Obviously I'm an atheist, so I don't believe the story actually happened—but, I'm going to play the devil's advocate here (pun intended).

According to the Bible, Adam and Eve sinned because they ate a fruit, and then became embarrassed about their nudity. This caused them to cover their genitalia—which apparently angered God (God lost his eye candy). If Adam and Eve didn't sin by eating the fruit, all humans would still be naked. This shows that God's intention is for people to not wear clothes (i.e be naked), and that wearing clothes is unnatural/against God's will.

Isn't that such a heartwarming story?

What is the message behind it?

Don't eat fruit that will make you wear clothes?

It's as if God wanted Adam and Eve to eat the fruit...why else would he put the damn tree there?

The tree the fruit came from is called the "tree of knowledge of good and evil". Apparently being naked is evil, but why would God want people to not be aware of what is good and what is evil?

From an objective perspective, it's a weird story (a weird story among many in the bible). That's the nice thing about being an atheist, I don't need to seriously ponder such questions—unlike a Christian who has to make sense of nonsense like that. 

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