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