In
the last email, we left the newly created man (I will now call him “Adam”)
standing in a garden in Eden alone – the garden
of the god Yahweh. Adam is surrounded by trees that produce beautiful and appealing
fruit. But, even though its fruit is beautiful too, Yahweh commanded Adam to
not eat from one tree. The penalty for eating
the forbidden fruit is death! Continue reading at --
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Treasures Most Bible Readers Cannot See
The
Bible opens with two polar opposite stories about the creation of humans – but I could not see that for a very long
time. I had been taught to read my Bible from an “authority first” perspective. “Authority
first” is a very “religious” way
of reading the Bible and in my religion it meant – submit, comply, obey and don’t question authority! For us, God
was the highest authority of all and the leaders of our religion were
God’s authorized agents, therefore “good
Christians” were supposed to submit, comply,
obey and not question God’s authorized agents either!!! Continue reading at
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