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After my fun bible shopping experience last week, I decided to sit down and read a bit of it. I think the last time I read the bible on a regular basis was when I was still a pre-teen. It’s amazing what is written in this book, and it’s simply shocking that anyone actually believes this stuff is literal. That is, of course, unless they’ve never read it. I suspect that is the case with most people who claim to believe it is the literal or inspired word of God.

Here was my first epiphany after reading the beginning of Genesis: “original sin” was impossible. I’m sure you know the story — go and read it. Here’s a brief recap: God created the world, animals, etc., then humans. He told them to eat the fruit of any tree except for the tree of knowledge. He specifically stated that if Adam ate that fruit he would die that day. The King James version states that God said Adam would die the day he ate it, and in the New International Version God says Adam would die “when” he ate it, which sounds rather immediate.

In any case, the bible states that the tree of knowledge conferred the knowledge of good and evil, or right and wrong, when the fruit was eaten. Adam and Eve could not have known right from wrong before they ate that fruit, so they were not committing a sin. End of story.

But let’s have a little more fun. According to either bible, God specifically said that eating of the fruit meant death. The serpent, in both cases, told Eve that the fruit didn’t cause death, but brought knowledge. In neither bible did the serpent suggest that Eve eat it, or trick her into eating it. He simply told the truth. So the most holy of bibles (to billions of people), begins its first book with a god who lies to us, then punishes the serpent for telling us the truth. Go biblical morality!

Then, God punishes the serpent for being honest, punishes humans for learning, and then sets a guard with a flaming sword to guard the tree. Why didn’t he just destroy the tree? And why create the tree in the first place?

As if that’s not enough to discredit this god who supposedly loves us, how about this: God created humans in his own likeness, but was apparently trying to keep us ignorant. However, he thought the serpent worthy of knowing the truth about the tree of knowledge. So we rated below the serpent in godly honesty. Very interesting.

So, please go find a bible and read the first three chapters. They’re short — it’s probably about a page and a half of reading. Decide for yourself. And if you happen to meet any people who claim to believe in the bible, ask them something for me: How much of it have you read?