The essence of Christianity is told to us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree of knowledge. The subtext is, All the suffering you have is because you wanted to find out what was going on.
Frank Zappa
The essence of Christianity is in the NT. Zappa was wrong.
Frank Zappa was a brilliant musician, and he makes a humorous point. Why any one would find it threatening surprises me. There is no right or wrong in opinion. There is just opinion. Zappa offers his, you offer yours. Frank Zappa was a very spiritual man. I don't think you understand him at all.
On the other hand, it's entirely possible that I don't understand your view either.
Daniel Quinn has an interesting take on the whole Garden of Eden story - basically that it was a cautionary tale told originally by those pushed aside by the new agriculturally based civilizations.
It's worth noting that it wasn't the quest for knowledge in general that did them in, but the knowledge of good and evil. It was taking up the capacity to judge themselves and others that set them up for misery and deprived them of the innocence of paradise.
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