Quote from jem:
I do not get why you think this is a some sort of trump card. What deceit. You think you are the first human to shake your fist at the God of bible. Take out the Garden of Eden story and illustrate the deceit that gets you all riled up.
The story has it all -- you see how the crowd breaks down after reading the story.
1. Christians and probably most Jews (i am not a jew so I am not making an absolute statement) believe God is external and we can choose to be with him.
2. New age and many eastern religous types say God is you or you should aspire to be like God and maybe you will become a God. The sales pitch of the serpant in the story.
3. Agnostics are like WTF its just a story.
4. Some read this, go bananas and proclaim they know there is no God - they pretend their belief of no God is superior and act like science is on their side.
The are most zealous of the crowd and generally too emotional to acknowledge that science has no say in whether the universe has a creator or not.
side note
The Garden of eden was supposed to be a lush tropical paradise in what is now the desert of the middle east. did all that bio matter turn into oil.
