• Etterra@discuss.online
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    2 hours ago

    Here’s how fucked up the story of Adam & Eve is, even before the incest.

    Imagine you were literally just created a short time ago - a season, a year, whatever - and you live in a literally perfect realm, and have no concept of deceit. Then a snake has a conversation with you. Sure, why not? God created everything - he directly told you so. So when the snake says “it’s all good, eat away,” you don’t even have a concept for doubting that he’s legit and honest. So you eat the fruit and suddenly, BAM, God shows up all pissed off. He punishes you for not understanding that he didn’t actually send a messenger. With banishment, pain, and death.

    This is the equivalent of your 3 year old knocking over their bowl of Cheerios after you told them not to and so you drive them out to the woods and leave them there.