@chaski Said
Actually in the bible there is no reference to satan possessing the serpent. I think that part came from Milton's "Paradise Lost".
According to the bible, genesis: "Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. "
So for whatever reason
god told Adam (not Eve) that he could eat anything in garden except fruit from the 'tree of the knowledge of good and evil". To give Adam some credit, apparently Adam did tell Eve about this restriction.
Anyway....then god put a sneaking tricky serpent in the garden knowing that:
a) the serpent was going to try to convince Eve to eat the fruit,
and
b) neither Adam nor Eve would have any concept that what they were doing was wrong until AFTER they ate the fruit from the 'tree of the knowledge of good and evil".
And finally, god started the whole lying thing by telling Adam and Eve, "...for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Ok, there are other translations of the bible that drop the "in the day" part.... so in some versions of the bible it was true... I guess they did actually die.... something like 900 years later.
Seems like God was being quite an odd parent. Not strange though for a God who planned and executed the murder of his own son.
It was God's plan from the beginning to have Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit. This can be demonstrated by the fact that the bible says that Jesus "was crucified from the foundations of the Earth," that is to say, God planned to crucify Jesus as atonement for sin before he even created human beings or gosh darned sin.
If God had not intended humans to sin from the beginning, why did he build into the Creation this "solution" for sin? Why create a solution for a problem you do not anticipate?
God knew that the moment he said "don't eat from that tree," the die was cast. The eating was inevitable. Eve was merely following the plan.
What kind of God would plan and execute the murder of his own son when there was absolutely no need to?
Only an insane God. That’s who.
The cornerstone of Christianity is human sacrifice, thus showing it‘s immorality.
Seems that the Jews, those who have the real authority to interpret their gospels, do not agree with what the Christians later put to Eden.
https://www.mrrena.com/misc/judaism2.php
Which interpretation makes more sense to you?
Regards
DL