Do any of you realize that the wrong doings of Sodom and Gomorrah weren't that they had gay sex, it was rather because of the way they treated strangers?
Lot hung out beside the gates because he wanted to meet new people and learn what they knew.
Sodom and Gomorrah only wanted to exploit those who came to their city.
But then again..................lots of you Christians think that the original sin was eating from the Tree of Knowledge. Got news for you all, it wasn't because they ate of it, nor was it because they found out they were naked, it was because they all tried to blame it on someone else.
Adam blamed it on Eve, Eve blamed it on the serpent. Wouldn't it have pleased God if He'd seen that His creation actually took responsibility for the actions they'd done?
Face it..................back then, like much today, when someone ***** up, they don't want to take responsibility for their actions. That was the first original sin.
It wasn't nudity, or eating the apple, it was refusing to be responsible for their actions, because they knew the consequences would be large.
Why do you think criminals (as well as adulterers, thieves, or people who do something that society says is wrong) deny they've done anything wrong?
You want to live in God's light? Own up for your own actions.
True. Just as now, hospitality is major component of Mediterranean culture. Bedouins exemplify this. Even sworn enemies they'd otherwise take pot shots at, if said enemy comes indicating peace, they're welcomed in for tea.
Original sin was disobediance to G-d. Then again, it seems more like a 'set up to fail' event. By putting a tree in their home enviroment, allowing the serpent to be there (presumedly creating said serpent,) then giving Man free will, G-d set the stage for one of two outcomes: obediance, or disobediance. But if we really had free will, why were we punished? Instead it seems as though our punishment was the prefered outcome of G-d's. Could have simply avoided the entire scenario by allowing Man to eat from the tree which one would think is good, since giving us laws is pointless if we don't understand good and evil, or not allowing the serpent to be in the Garden in the first place.
It seems to me, G-d's original intent for Man was for us to be more like animals as with creating us nude. By choosing to become more (arguably, to evolve) we chose to become more like G-d, and in doing so donned clothes to conceal our nudity (unlike every other animal.)
Actually, we could have avoided original sin by simply taking responsibility for our actions.
God asked Adam who was responsible for him eating the apple. He blamed Eve.
He also asked Eve who made her eat from the apple, and she blamed the serpent.
Our existence (and our world) would be a lot better if either Adam or Eve had claimed responsibility for what they did.
The serpent is exempt, because that is what they'd been sent to do. I wouldn't tell someone that I'd sent to do a job (unawares), that they'd done a bad job if those who they were sent to tempt had fallen for their charms.
Like I said.............the original sin was that Adam and Eve refused to take responsibility for their actions in eating the apple.
I mean....................don't your parents tell you to stay out of the liquor cabinet (or not drink, depending on your circumstances), until they check with you?
Sorry, but Adam and Eve got into the liquor cabinet, and chose to not acknowledge that they'd done it because someone told them to.
They refused to be accountable, that's why God punished them.
Don't you punish your children (if you have them) when they lie and try to blame their actions on something else?