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sotto voce · 08-11-2012, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Joan of Bark

When (before the fall) does God say sin is a possibility?

'The Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, because on the day you eat of it you will surely die."' Ge 2:16-17

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Why is he called the Serpent before and the Satan afterwards? A name change to avoid creditors?

Satan has many names in the Bible, none of them complimentary (unlike the ones he awards himself, perhaps?). Someone, anyone, who understands literary figures can explain the snake tag.

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I know many non-fundamentalist Christians who believe in a literal acceptance of the Garden story.

You learn something new every day, on the internet.

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Of course, one can see your difficulty, your acute embarrassment.

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Wow, you are a condescending bastard, aren't you?

Probably, but I can spot a totally shambolic interruption when I see one.

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You and aa5874 should have some fun conversations.

Dream on.

Tommy · 08-11-2012, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Joan of Bark

In Judaism, the serpent was not Satan, but simply "the most subtil creature". How Christians could believe Satan was running around free in a perfect garden is item number 237 in the long list of inconsistencies believed by Christians.

What was the serpent's motivation for setting up Adam & Eve and getting himself cursed? Come to think of it, what's the devil's motivation to be a jerk?

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