So, let me see if I've got this straight. (Genesis)

God tells Adam not to eat fruit from the tree temptingly placed right smack dab in the middle of the garden. He tells him that he will literally die the same day that he eats it. Adam repeats this information to Eve. Then the snake comes along, literally the second God's back is turned (this is the all-knowing, omnipresent god of the Christians, mind you, so he is DELIBERATELY not there), and offers Eve the fruit. Eve says no, because God said she would die, and the snake is all, "You won't die, just do it." And so Eve eats the fruit, and then gives some to Adam, and God suddenly and conveniently returns from his walk and catches them. And GUESS WHAT? They don't die.

But God never lies?

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canusernamebemyusername · M

God is the bad guy with a mental illness. Only a narcissist demands worship. No other person or disease asks for worship except narcissism. God is literally sick. Probably died from it actually and that is why no one has heard from him.

nonsensiclesnail · F

From the story I’ve read, God did not delineate a time. Also, death is a process. The day she ate the fruit, she began the process.

Did she die? Yes. The devil is a liar.

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nonsensiclesnail · F

@LordShadowfire and in that day death was introduced into the human condition. From that moment forward, there was no perfection in the human. It was no longer holy. It was death. The body did not immediately fall to the ground, but who she was was dead. They were booted out of perfection by their own willful doing, by trusting someone who likes to play with words and use them to create a believable falsehood.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@nonsensiclesnail

and in that day death was introduced into the human condition.

But they didn't die in that day. More mental gymnastics to complicate a very simple matter.

Sharon · F

@nonsensiclesnail

and in that day death was introduced into the human condition.

That isn't what God said. He/She/It said Eve would die "In that day". It clearly mean she would die that same day. At a stretch it could be interpreted as meaning "within 24 hours" but it cannot be reasonably interpreted as meaning some indeterminate time in the future.

LeopoldBloom · M

It’s an allegory of the development of civilization and agriculture.

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@LeopoldBloom Yeah, probably. I just wanted to see what Biblical literalists think.

LeopoldBloom · M

@LordShadowfire They will always come up with a way to twist the text to conform to their preferred interpretation.

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