TR>Before a certain woman was walking around the Garden of Eden, got the
TR>munchies, picked an apple and started eating it, shared some of it with her
TR>male friend........there wasn't any `Sabbath' at all!


TR>When I started getting into my teens I began to wonder at something:


TR>God creats this beautiful garden, with perfect weather all year around. He
TR>creates this handsome man, and a gorgeous woman to be his friend and
TR>companion.


TR>He puts all these delicious fruit and nut trees and bushes all over in the
TR>garden for His human couple to eat. They will want for nothing for their
TR>entire existance (eternity!).


TR>Then......God puts this certain tree right in the middle of all this paradis
TR>and tells the two humans `not' to eat any fruit off that tree!


TR>Thats like putting a couple of children in a large room full of wonderful
TR>toys...telling them they can play with anything they want to....`but! see th
TR>ice cream machine over there? And the stack of cones right there next to the
TR>little lever you hold the cone under to make the ice cream come out and fill
TR>the cone? Well........DON'T GET ANY ICE CREAM CONES AND EAT THEM!


TR>Then go away and leave them for an hour!


TR>If God didn't want anyone eating fruit from that tree.....why (Oh..why?) did
TR>He put that tree in the Garden of Eden in the first place!


Becasue it was part of his plan to Test their Judgement. Adam in a way
Failed in what he did and Eve "Thought Outside the Box" and did what he
really wanted her to do. Then when she discussed it with Adam he
saw her poing and also partook.


TR>Unlike most people who follow religions, who have let God (in the form of hi
TR>followers, religionists, ministers, bible thumpers....whatever) lay this hea
TR>guilt trip on them over something that seemingly occured around six or so
TR>thoousand years ago, something they had no control over or input toward; I d
TR>not feel guilty for something that occured back in a day and age I cannot ev
TR>trace one of my own ancestors to!

NOW that one I am in Full agreement with. There Should Be NO guilt trip
over what Adam and Eve did. They Fufilled their Assignment.

Consentrate on WHAT WE SHOULD be Doing.

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