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minus-squareRedWeasel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoWouldn’t be a stretch. I mean the “bad” guy tempted the guy in the desert who was fasting, probably saving his life and gave the Adam and Eve knowledge. I mean….
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThe knowledge of good and evil is also what let us rise above simple base instincts. Given the choice between blissful ignorance, and the ability to improve, I would take the latter every time. Even with its costs.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoAlso, god didn’t have to create a tree that grows fruit that would give the only two humans in existence that knowledge. It makes no fucking sense.
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoPreaching to the converted on that one! I do quite like the satanic temple’s take on things however.
Wouldn’t be a stretch. I mean the “bad” guy tempted the guy in the desert who was fasting, probably saving his life and gave the Adam and Eve knowledge. I mean….
The knowledge of good and evil is also what let us rise above simple base instincts.
Given the choice between blissful ignorance, and the ability to improve, I would take the latter every time. Even with its costs.
Also, god didn’t have to create a tree that grows fruit that would give the only two humans in existence that knowledge.
It makes no fucking sense.
Preaching to the converted on that one!
I do quite like the satanic temple’s take on things however.