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Posted by Peregrine Guardian on August 17, 19100 at 05:21:26:
In Reply to: Well...sort of posted by Anne Rind on August 17, 19100 at 02:19:57:
Anne Rind: "The most interesting part of the Genesis story is the fact that Adam and Eve were not cast out of the garden for disobeying God,
but because God was afraid that they would grow in power and eventually become his equal as immortals."
That is rather funny or a horrid misunderstanding of the text. How did you glean this from the chapter you quoted? Satan tells Eve that "...in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."
Two things are apparent here... First, Adam and Eve did not become "as gods," that day, as you imply was the actual meaning. Second, the only respect in which Adam and Eve might become as gods-- that the serpent spoke of-- was in their knowledge of "good and evil." This does not support your notion that God was "afraid that they would grow in power and eventually become his equal as immortals."
Furthermore, how is it that the creature can become "perfect" when the very idea of "becoming perfect" is a contradiction in terms...