The Serpent's Seed: Difference between revisions

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The Bible states in Genesis 2:15-17 and Genesis 3:1-7:
The Bible states in Genesis 2:15-17 and Genesis 3:1-7:


:'' The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
:'' The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, '''but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat''', for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”


:''He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”  And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”  But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.  For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”  So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.  Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ge 2:15–17, 3:1–7</ref>
:''He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”  And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”  But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.  For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”  So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.  Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), Ge 2:15–17, 3:1–7</ref>
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What are we supposed to think about the conversation with the serpent in which he asked Eve whether all the trees were off-limits and she replied that they were all allowed to be eaten from except That one?  
What are we supposed to think about the conversation with the serpent in which he asked Eve whether all the trees were off-limits and she replied that they were all allowed to be eaten from except That one?  


That they could have sex with every animal except the serpent? Or touch every part of the body except the sex organs?  Really?
If eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was actually a sex act with the serpent, what was eating of the other trees?
 
Could Adam and Eve have sex with every tree (other animals?) except the serpent?   
 
Really?


==And Adam watched his wife and the serpent have sex?==
==And Adam watched his wife and the serpent have sex?==