This is your version on it, among others,.....but that would still created problems in the story
Actually, it is partly canon,and certainly in the books taken out of the canon deemed "uninspired."
It doesn't create any problems, because Adam and Eve were responsible for their actions even before "eating" the fruit. And, if they really had questions on the avatar serpent''s reasoning,
they should have asked God - who was literally walking on earth with them.
Why would God do that? Good question, ....but if he created a walking talking snake with a genius level IQ,.....hey why not?
He wouldnt, which is why it is nonsense that He would give dominion to "babes," or "stupid" persons. Unfortunately, Genesis is outlined like a gnostic text; for example, the talking snake wasn't a metaphor: it was the avatar of a specific angel who led an assault on the genetics of the human race (Gen 6) to prevent the
failsafe plan of salvation for humans already in place. You don't think God tells His hosts His entire plans, do you?
The apocryphal is
very clear on these questions.
[Quotw]Yea, he tried to shift the blame,....but that is after consuming the fruit, so he knew it then...[/quote]
No, he knew it before. Again, you have to extrapolate the same conclusion from the canon the apocryphal makes clear. This wasn't a single incident issue - and it wasn't an event planned entirely on earth. Adam had and Eve had knowledge of the gods - they may have been
baby gods, but they weren't stupid, ignorant or ambivalent. They knew what they were doing was wrong; Eve even recited the word of God back to the avatar serpent, and she believed the lie that she would be a goddess - a lie that mentally clouded her understanding that she was already a goddess.
Before she presented it to Adam, Adam had not sinned. But, in his emotional state (an exploitation - as Eve was already destined to fall from sin - he allowed himself to fall
also, because otherwise his wife would be alone.
The event is much deeper than 3 chapters in Genesis. Much deeper.
[Quote ]And I would be lying if I said that made any sense at all to me....[/quote]
Well, then this is a problem, you see. This is what Adam aND Eve chose to be ignorant of - and they fell. The entity that beguiled our Patriarch and Matriarch was subjected to the same appeals to the ego, causing to fall.
If it worked with "adult" spirtual magistrates, why wouldn't it work on spiritual newborns? Indeed, this same appeal to the ego is a popular trick used today.
In terms of the "tree" - which is an almost direct gnostic term used for an ENTITY (recall what the blind man said he saw when Christ healed his eyes). Adam and eve didn't gain any knowledge - as they were already gods. They gained a perspective on how to exploit duality. Good and evil. Right and wrong. Up and down. Left and right. Democrat or republican. Rock or country.
Humans have woven this duality (disunity) into their entire existence - making it a pinnacle for decision making and life motility. That cane directly from Adam and Eve abdicating their godliness and unity with God in exchange for CARNALITY, and duality (disunity.)
Ha, I don't want to or need to blame anyone, to me is just a story that make no sense and has a massive gaping plot .....just trying to make sense of this....which I'm starting to think its Mission Impossible....
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YOU BET YOUR HIDE THE CANON HAS GAPING PLOT HOLES.
However, the canon is more than enough to make a spiritual progression in life - although ALL is good for consideration and betterment in discerning the spirit of any information.
God Himself says that things won't make sense within the faith itself. There would be antichrists, ministers who are wolves in sheep's clothing, lies and deceit, and doctrine of demons. So, it should be no surprise to you if the "official story" doesn't quite make sense. In fact, it should springboard you toward finding the real truth in spirit.
It is a mission impossible because religion is a powerful tool of control. But, "Christianity," as it were, is not a religion: it is a relationship.
For example, the minimum amount of people needed to make "church" is two people - not an edifice, stadium or TV show. We are responsible for our own spiritual trajectory, so it will not suffice to say, "but I didn't know because the fake believers misled me." It is a good point, but at the end of the day you are responsible for yur own soul.
Christ provided a way out it of which it seems even the angels were unaware. This "salvation plan" - revealed to Adam, Eve, Avatar snake/Azazel, and the rest of the "trees" in Genesis 3:13 - was a trump card in our favor. It basically negated everything those entities who abdicated their Universal status in exchange for an assault on this creation.
Now, you have a bunch of fallen entities [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse]ed that nothing they did will ultimately do anything - unless they can get us to believe we are nothing, and we need nothing from anyone (least of all, our Creator, who is also their creator.)
If you care, you may want to start with Enoch
It is canon in Eastern Orthodox. But, everything needed is in the canon - but that requires a knowledge of etymology, languages (Greek, Hebrew, Sanskrit, etc.,) and other resources containing overlapping information for comparison. The stories of the Bible are regionally repetitive because this wasn't a joke back then.
Most importantly, you would have to care about wanting to know any of this in further detail.
