@teapottraveler Said
Hi, I'm new here and thought this was interesting.
Not sure how the quote function works yet but in your op, the scripture you quoted Gen 3:5 was regarding the story of Eve being tempted in garden by the serpent.
In this story, I interpreted it as an illustration of outside influence and suggestion... not that Eve had a natural desire or inclination to be like God or "a God". My mind associates this scenario to the way a narcissist/sociopath influences or manipulates a persons perception to gain control over their actions. The serpent put something in Eve's ear and she went for it. Turns out it was a lie because she ate the fruit and we still don't know squat.
In my experience, it isn't so much that most people desire to "be" god but more so they want the answer to existential questions. Is wanting/having the answers only reserved for God? I personally don't think so. But I do find it interesting how religions liken the two together and use biblical text to persuade people against even asking questions.
**thanks for the alan watts, I had not heard of him
Kinda like the Serpent was 'Talking s***' about God?
Outside criticism IS a massive problem: look what the media has done to everyone but, in the end, the strongest of spirits shouldn't be persuaded by propaganda; only their intuition teamed with earned knowledge by investigating themselves.
The Churches will often request you investigate yourself; hoping you will be one of only few to be open-minded enough to hear what is being demonstrated and not what you want to hear - to be one of the few who realize the rest have all been rused into worshipping Satan as part of a human psychological experiment testing methods Hitler used to build his army.
I mean does the bad guy KNOW he's the baddie? Was Hitler like Skeletor cackling and waving staff calling for all things dark and nasty? To hear Hitler speak you would think that he saw himself as the defending protagonist.
And not entirely everything that Hitler said was wrong or stupid
This goes the same for the Bible.