Sureal

But eating from the tree is not really bad. All the bad things that came from it - mortality; expulsion from the Garden - did not stem from the fruit, ...

Hey, you're back. :) I don't know if I should be looking forwards to it. I mean, I didn't like any of the other Potter movies. Except for the last ...

Remember, though, that it wasn't eating the apple that took away their immortality, but rather, it was God. And keep in mind that God said, 'for in the day that ...

Nah. Re-read Genesis, and you'll see what I mean. Actually, wait a sec, I'll get quotes... 002:016 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the ...

But that doesn't explain why God lied to Adam and Eve, but the snake told the truth. And, if we equate lying to imperfection, then doesn't that make God imperfect?

Snap: Just because you 'think it's a lifestyle you choose' doesn't actually make it so. Especially not, given the growing body of scientific evidence that contradicts you. So, if homosexuality ...

Jack: Heh, it hadn't even occured to me that this may read as me calling Atheism a religion.

What's yeh religion? (Atheism for me) If your religion is not on the list, then I appologise.

Really? What translation are you using?

Perhaps being 'made in his image' refers to a purely aesthetic quality, which is how I've always interpreted it. So, yeah, it seems that God also looks like a shaved ...

But the snake told the truth, whereas God lied. And remember, it was God that kicked them out the Garden, not the snake. But as to your actual argument: there ...

But the snake is never, at any point, refered to as 'Satan', or vice-versa. There is nothing at all to link the two of them in the Bible. I'm tempted ...

Nah, God's dad. Which nicely solves the 'who created the Creator' question, at least, at any rate, until some smart-ass decides to ask 'who created God's dad', to whit the ...

It was written by lots of people, many of whom never met, or where even alive at the same time, and thus it cannot be expected to be without flaws?

The Bible was written over many hundreds of years. It certainly was not a rush job. ;) Unlike the Earth - he made that in only six days, don't-cha-know. Now ...