VERSION|0.5.1|NAME|Stonyground|DATE|1367949060|CONTENT|Since the fruit was from the tree of knowledge, the message that I take from it is that God wants us to be ignorant, or at least his spokesmen do.

@charley
The Eden story has dozens of holes in it, as does the story of Cain and Abel that follows. Why didn&#039;t God put the tree on a different continent, or just not put it there at all? Why, if God designed us, was he so ignorant of human nature that he didn&#039;t realise that telling them not to eat the fruit would make them want it? Why should we believe anything that God says when the story shows him to be a liar whereas the serpent is the one that tells the truth? etc. etc.|EMAIL|elizabeth@iww1967.wanadoo.co.uk|IP-ADDRESS|95.150.29.65|MODERATIONFLAG|