Posts by Jeffro

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Who told the first lie?

by nicolaou in

this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

Jeffro

FragrantAddendum:

why do you talk about him so much if you don't even believe he exists?

It’s a public service to raise awareness of fallacious reasoning.

Why do you talk him so much when you have no evidence that he does exist?

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Who told the first lie?

by nicolaou in

this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

Sigh. I thought the sidebar was unnecessary. Anyway… you referenced animal behaviour that is not present in the story and then when there was a factual objection to the misleading generalisations about animal behaviour, you said it was outside the scope of the story.

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Who told the first lie?

by nicolaou in

this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

Jeffro

joey jojo:

Jeffro, in an online conversation, nuance is sometimes lost. I think our side-bar has come way off the rails.

You were inconsistent about the scope of discussion. It’s not a big deal.

It’s a human-centric origin story that attempts to explain the current human condition and our place in the universe. It has the same characters as other origin stories: A Creator, a Destroyer and a Preserver.

Yep.

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Who told the first lie?

by nicolaou in

this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

Jeffro

FragrantAddendum:

seems to me if you think god is an enemy

Only in the sense that Darth Vader or Voldemort are ‘enemies’.

I hope your ‘friend’ isn’t too angry about you not capitalising his title though. I’ve heard he does nasty things when he’s angry. I’m sure he’ll get back to you in some completely verifiable way.

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Who told the first lie?

by nicolaou in

this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

Jeffro

FragrantAddendum:

(asking for a friend)

Good. If you think God is your friend, you could probably do with some real ones.

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Who told the first lie?

by nicolaou in

this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

Jeffro

Halcon:

Except the snake knew what God had already told Adam and Eve.

That is not indicated in the story, which doesn’t specify that God directly gave the command to Eve at all. The command was given to Adam before rib-girl was made, and the story doesn’t say whether Eve learned of the command directly from God or from Adam. When the snake asks Eve about what trees they can eat from, Eve gives a different answer to the actual original command without referencing the name of the tree at all (despite your false claim that she repeated the exact same words), and the snake doesn’t correct her about the original command, but only corrects the lie. The story indicates that the snake knew the truth about the tree of knowledge and it knew God had said something about what trees they could eat from, but not that it knew the exact command given to Adam.

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Who told the first lie?

by nicolaou in

this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

Jeffro

joey jojo:

This entire thread is a discussion from a biblical point of view- I thought that was implied?

In that case, the snake couldn’t validly be accused of deception if it didn’t know right from wrong.

A male lion doesnt feel bad about killing his own offspring. Many animals are cannibalisitic. Dogs hump our legs. Is that the normal state of the human condition that god intended?

I don’t remember that being in the Bible story.

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Who told the first lie?

by nicolaou in

this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

Jeffro

Halcon has said several incorrect things about the story in Genesis chapters 2-3 that call into question his understanding of the story's content as well as its meaning. So wrong in fact that it is often hard to tell if he's even talking about the same story.

Eve understood the same thing, repeating it back to the snake verbatim.

No she didn't. Genesis 2:9 says the tree of life was in the middle of the garden, and that the tree of knowledge of good and bad was also there, and Genesis 2:17 gives the command (before Eve existed) that it was the fruit of the tree of knowledge that should not be eaten. But at Genesis 3:3, Eve only says it is the fruit of the tree 'in the middle of the garden' that cannot be eaten, without any indication that she knew it to be the 'tree of knowledge', and she also adds an additional edict to not even touch it, which is not indicated in the original command.

The snake apparently refused. And very likely lied to Adam and Eve simply out of spite.

There is no indication that the snake refused any command given to it, the snake told the truth about what eating the fruit would do, and there is no indication in the story about the snake's specific motive.

The story ends with Adam dying, according to Genesis.

Adam's death is not specifically depicted in the story, and the specific story ends with their expulsion from the garden, though the characters briefly appear in the separate story of Cain and Abel. It is only in a separate spurious genealogy that the length of Adam's life is specified.

The entire story is maybe 14 , 15 verses.

The story spans chapters 2 and 3 of Genesis, comprising 49 verses.

After God gives man everything first, he gives man one simple rule. ... He gave Adam everything he needed, first.

The rule about the tree was given before Eve was created (from a rib 😒), without whom it 'was not good for the man'.

God did not set up his creation just to simply fail.

In the story, God specifically prevents the humans from living after the lie about the knowledge fruit is revealed.

The snake clearly didn't accept the rules and limitations imposed on him by God.

The story does not indicate any rules or limitations put on the snake prior to the nonsensical 'punishment' in Genesis 3:14.

Indeed, God created the angels, including the one now known as the snake.

There is no basis in the story for concluding that the snake was either an angel itself or controlled by one. Association with 'Satan' was made up centuries later, and is basically fan-fiction.

Genesis doesn't imply anywhere that God introduced a factor to purposely unravel what he saw as good.

Only if you leave out the test involving the two trees and actively conspiring to prevent access to the tree of life.

The snake asked Eve to repeat the very exact words of God

No it didn't. And nor did she repeat the exact words.

'is it true that God said you WILL die?"

The snake never asks that.

Eve responded with 'yes'.

No she didn't.

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Who told the first lie?

by nicolaou in

this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

Jeffro

joey jojo:

Non-human members of the animal kingdom do not know right from wrong.

That sweeping statement based on an errant comparison with human morality is incorrect. Though other animals lack the same level of complex language and reasoning, various species - particularly social species - demonstrate varying degrees of empathy, fairness, justice, punishment, remorse, cooperation, loyalty, problem solving, etc.

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Who told the first lie?

by nicolaou in

this is a continuation of the discussion which sprang from an unrelated topic.. so according to genesis, who told the first lie?

god told eve that if she ate from the tree of knowledge she would die that very same day.

in response to that statement the devil told her she would not die.. eve ate from the tree and did not die.

Jeffro

Halcon:

The snake asked Eve to repeat the very exact words of God

No it didn’t.