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I'll bet it's ecumenical in its approach.I recommend you read sometime a book by the noted psychotherapist Albert Ellis, entitled "Against Religiosity," in which he points out many examples of religious ideation which would easily qualify as highly neurotic thinking, one of which is refusing to go on modern scientific thinking.
No, the excuse failed. The serpent was punished because he disobeyed, Eve was punished because she didn't trust God. Adam was punished because he lost his faith that God would provide another helper. Had the excuse worked, none of them would have been punished.The excuse worked -- Eve and the serpent were also punished.
Maybe Adam believed the serpent too.
But Adam was given dominion, Adam had the responsibility.Well, you know, Adam was only human...
We'll never know if Adam would have eaten form the forbidden tree if there was no serpent to persuade him.
Either way, Adam broke the law, and they gained knowledge that was not meant for them.
Got kicked out of Paradise to live on a cursed planet...
Glad to see you're not smart enough to understand the Dunning-Kreuger effect.
No, the excuse failed. The serpent was punished because he disobeyed,
Disobeyed how? What instructions did God give to the serpent?
Do you actually believe God did not command that the angels were not to cause harm to mankind?
Does this sound as if he was guarding man to prevent man from causing harm to himself, or disobeying this command and causing harm?????
Answer your own question. How did he disobey?
There still busy trying to make their mind up about AVUnicorns don´t believe in scientists.
You would be believing wrong.I believe a serpent is not an angel.
Wasn't created as a sepent, but an angel of light who forsook his proper place and position. jealousy of man's place in the world led him astray - and since then has been roaming this earth seeking those to devour and take down with him.By being created as a serpent and not as an angel?
Do scientists belive in unicorns?
Wasn't created as a sepent, but an angel of light who forsook his proper place and position. jealousy of man's place in the world led him astray - and since then has been roaming this earth seeking those to devour and take down with him.
Scientists do not generally believe in science the same way that religious people believe in God.
It's more accurate to say that they accept something as being factual based on the available evidence.
And since there is no available evidence to support the existence of unicorns, I think you can answer your own question.
A popular worldview that has been crammed down many throats at a young age to the point that they are indoctrinated into not allowing themselves to see past the fairy tale.
So how do you explain this?
I also believe Genesis is not Revelation. Get your books straight.
That would make him a figurative serpent, as opposed to the literal one portrayed in Genesis. So, you're wrong.
really, what other ancient serpent was he referring too then? Tell us?
If you don't believe the entire Bible is the word of God, you might as well throw your copy in the trash right now.
Says the person that thinks that ancient serpent in Revelations is not the same serpent in Genesis, yet can't tell us what that ancient serpent in Revelation is if not the serpent in genesis.
Figurative yes, just as it was figurative when it talked about Jesus crushing the head of the serpent.
You don't think Jesus is going to win the final battle because he steps on the head of an actual serpent do you? Oh, but now it's figurative right, but everywhere else it was literal.
You've never heard of calling someone a "snake" as an insult?
Here, let me help you:
Matthew 12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Matthew 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
Who knew Jesus was talking to actual, literal serpents? Either that, or you exegesis is lacking something...
...don't you think?
That's exactly the kind of "my way or the highway" mentality that drives people away from Christianity.
Besides, since I can read the Bible without thinking Jesus is actually talking to real snakes, it would appear I'm getting more out of it than you are...
...don't you think?
I didn't tell you because you hadn't asked yet... now that I've done so, your claim here is both false and looking rather foolish...
...don't you think?
Which didn't happen to the serpent in Genesis, so by your own "logic," we're not talking about Satan as the serpent...
...don't you think?
You're the one thinking everything is literal... but given Jesus' other snake-related adventures, you might want to re-examine your position...
...don't you think?
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