talking monkey said:
If I am not mistaken in Genesis God says do not eat the forbidden fruit or you will die and the devil tells eve she will not die. She did not die but man fell from grace. So god was lying? it has also been put forth that the fruit was a psychedelic mushroom.
The sad thing that is true about this world we live on is that it is full of malapropisms, and narratives that hint at what is true and what is false. But, as far as facts are concerned they could be severely lacking. The primary tools that 'they' operate with are ignorance, fear, and the threat of physical violence, a truly weak position to come from, which just demonstrates the condition of the world and the minds and hearts of the people upon it.
IF you are concerned that you are concerned that you are partaking of the forbidden fruit, I would recommend reading other historical creation stories, such as: Epic of Atrahasis, The legend of Etana, Tablet of Cattle & Grain, The Royal Archive of Ebla, The nam-shub of Enki, Inanna and the God of Wisdom, Sacred Hymns to Amen, Goddess of Sex and War, The Instructions of Shuruppag, Declaration of Innocence, 7 Tablets of Creation - all of these, and there are more, were written 24th to 21st century BCE. It is not that anyone of them is more true, per say, than the Bible, or any other narrative. Imagine if you will, you want to get a wind of what is going on with the world, well if you read only news papers from Rupert Murdock's company then you are going to get a one sided story all around, so you read as many periodicals on whatever topic that you desire with more diversity in mind.
I know it is a difficult thing to let go of our indoctrination, I am still at war with it, in an attempt to divide the truth. I believe the effort well worth it, because I am sure of one thing, we never really 'die'. This elaborate machine in which we are located will return to the earth from which it came, but we are more than our bodies.
Obviously all of this is IMHO. I say don't let fear grip you, it is the mind killer, and doubt, well it is a valuable tool that has been mislabeled.
Peace upon you all,
Fior
