• RedWeasel@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Wouldn’t be a stretch. I mean the “bad” guy tempted the guy in the desert who was fasting, probably saving his life and gave the Adam and Eve knowledge. I mean….

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      2 days ago

      The knowledge of good and evil is also what let us rise above simple base instincts.

      Given the choice between blissful ignorance, and the ability to improve, I would take the latter every time. Even with its costs.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 days ago

        Also, god didn’t have to create a tree that grows fruit that would give the only two humans in existence that knowledge.

        It makes no fucking sense.