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originally posted by: veracity
a reply to: DeathSlayer
to me, perfect beings just means innocence. Innocent beings.
And they were living in innocence and did not know any other way to live. It can be compared to perfect but Eve wanted to learn more...she wanted to learn suffering.
originally posted by: DISRAELI
In any case, returning to the original post;
Genesis ch4 v1 specifies that Cain was conceived after Adam had "known" his wife. Adam was the father.
originally posted by: DeathSlayer
Does that sound more feasible?
originally posted by: windword
a reply to: DeathSlayer
We should also remember that these two beings were perfect beings.
How could they have been "perfect" if they defied God? How could they have been perfect if they could be tempted and deceived? How could they be perfect if they thought the fruit would give them something they didn't have, "knowledge"? How could they have been perfect if they were ashamed of their nakedness?
its more like innocence. She was living in innocence...pure bliss, there is a cliche. Then she wanted to know what suffering was.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: dollukka
Speculative doesn't account for the fact that Young Earth Creationism defies literally every field of science. There is no way the ages of Adam, Eve, Moses, Lucifer (lol), or any other OT figure are accurate. ESPECIALLY characters in the garden. For one, people have NEVER lived as long as the bible attributes these people to have lived. For two, we don't even know if they actually existed. And three we can't reliably date back the periods the OT talks about.
Speculative doesn't mean you discard rational logic to speculate.
originally posted by: glend
Genesis is as clear as mud until you realize the snake is our ego, the apple sexual energy. So yes some nautingness ensued in the Garden of Eden, but the Garden exist within us.
600 years to them is 20 yrs to us now.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: veracity
Instill that flawed dualistic worldview when you are young. That way you can ignore all nuance while ironically yelling about Christian persecution complexes while demonizing another religion for doing stuff your own religion has a history of doing.