Posted: Aug 31, 2013 11:51 am
Cito di Pense wrote:Greyman wrote:THWOTH wrote:What I find objectionable about the Eden myth is that God required his creations to remain ignorant and punished them for expanding their horizons.
Because, as explicitly quoted by God in Genesis, he was afraid that they would gain eternal life and "become as one of us".
That had to be prevented. See also the Tower of Babel.
Thanks for clearing that up for me, Greyman. I'd been wondering about that one for a long time. I mean, if one God is a good thing, how can just two or three Gods be too much of a good thing?
I guess that makes Hinduism best of the best.