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WHAT was the FORBIDDEN FRUIT?
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[quote:Mickey Martian:MV8yNDEwNDJfNDc5MDczNF80MzJGNTNCMQ==] [quote:Greg_B.] The forbidden fruit was the acquirement of true spiritual identity and knowledge as imparted by the "Serpent". The Serpent was not a being, it was a sect among the "Divine" beings who were present on Earth at the time of the creation of Human Beings. Two factions existed, basically, one that wanted to keep Human Beings spiritually dim, so that they would comply to servitude. The other found the idea reprehensible, and conspired to teach Human Beings about their true potential. The mystery here is who was the Villain? One might be tempted to cast the Serpent as the Hero here...but the Serpent really screwed things up for our species. The reason being there was one key element that goes along with spirituality...maturity. "God" said that if Man took of the first tree, on that day he would surely die. The Serpent said "...ye shall not surely die." The crux is this: "God" knew that if Man acquired spiritual knowledge, he would punish them with death. A day to God is as 1000 years on Earth...so basically Adam and Eve died in a day as promised. The serpent knew of the other tree, which was a tree of eternal life. "Ye shall not surely die....if you can get to the other tree." (I'm putting words into the text that do not exist for illustrative purposes.) "God" prevented man from immortality and assured his promised death. Meanwhile, Mankind had spiritually awakened, revealing their shame at being "Naked" or being treated like beasts of burden. Without Immortality, advanced spiritual concepts are all but impossible to obtain, particularly as the long lifespans of Mankind got bred out over the generations. Furthermore, "God" cursed the ground and made it so Man would have to spend all of his day in toil and sweat to put food on the table. The serpent is punished by being twisted into a compromised organization that no longer sponsers spiritual education but begins to erase spiritual knowledge from mankind. Hope that helps. -Greg [/quote] This is correct for the most part, except I don't believe spiritual immaturity justifies the spiritual deceit we've lived under for thousands of years. As for the serpent, I think the religious structure, whoever it may be, whether Christianity, Judaism, Islam, has always attempted to erase true spiritual knowledge from humanity in order to keep us under control. :cheers:. [/quote]
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