by R. L. Ohlhausen

Created on: November 08, 2009

THE FIRST LIE: God's lie to Adam and the Truth revealed to Eve by the Serpent

Now let's examine an interesting paradox in biblical scripture. If you are a Christian who is easily offended or someone who does not care for religious debate then I suggest you not read any further. For those who are open minded, let's have a little fun food for thought.

Let's go way back to Genesis, to the Garden of Eden. God is with Adam in the beginning and Eve has not yet been created. God places Adam in the garden and says (in a deep commanding god voice), ...you may eat of all of the trees of the garden. Nevertheless you may not eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, for on the very day you do, you will surely die. Gen: 2:17. Remember this little part, Eve wasn't even around when God told Adam about the tree and fruit business, and never does God say anything directly to her that SHE can't eat of the tree... It's just assumed somewhere along the story that what goes for the gander, goes for the goose too!

God sees that Adam is having a hard time finding a 'helpmate' amongst the other animals; hmmm, I don't really want to speculate what that might have actually entailed. Eve is then created and placed with Adam in the Garden and they are not aware of themselves outside of the place nor do they know shame in their nakedness; this too assumes that nakedness is shameful for some reason; I mean, I suppose I need to eat some fruit 'cause I really don't mind my nakedness or other's, for that matter. But this is not a bad place to be really, two ignorant beings frolicking in a wonderful garden eating fruit all day, heck why would anyone want to grow up from that, right? But of course, everything must grow up, and as we know ignorance is no excuse, even if it is a god who is commanding you to stay ignorant.

So one day while Eve was hanging out by herself nude eating fruit, the subtle Serpent, or some say Lucifer disguised as the serpent, comes to Eve and asks, Did God say to you that you may not eat of the trees in the Garden? Gen. 3:1. Eve replies, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden but of the tree in the middle of the garden, we must not eat of its fruit nor touch it for we will surely die that day. The Serpent replies, No, you will NOT die! For God knows on the day that you eat of the fruit your eyes will be opened and you will have the knowledge of good and evil, and you will be like unto the gods (Note the plural usage here).

Side tangent: Now here is a

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