Comments on: Hidden Treasure: God Meets Adam’s Needs http://www.mildenhall.net/1998/09/15/hidden-treasure-god-meets-adams-needs/ Helen Mildenhall's site Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:21:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Helen http://www.mildenhall.net/1998/09/15/hidden-treasure-god-meets-adams-needs/comment-page-1/#comment-21736 Helen Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:45:45 +0000 http://www.mildenhall.net/1998/09/15/hidden-treasure-god-meets-adams-needs/#comment-21736 Hi Ivan, I wrote this back when I was a Christian. These days I am much more skeptical and also wonder why it is that we are all punished for what Adam did (or so certain Christians teach). And, yes, either Adam had more surgery than Eve being made from his rib or he started out with some very redundant organs. Anyway I never understood the story as meaning God wanted to keep Adam ignorant. I thought it was about Adam having the opportunity to show he trusted God by not going against what God said. However, these days I question what is so great about this sort of hierarchical relationship in which God's role is to be in charge and Adam's is to obey. It's not how adults generally relate to each other in good relationships. Hi Ivan, I wrote this back when I was a Christian. These days I am much more skeptical and also wonder why it is that we are all punished for what Adam did (or so certain Christians teach).

And, yes, either Adam had more surgery than Eve being made from his rib or he started out with some very redundant organs.

Anyway I never understood the story as meaning God wanted to keep Adam ignorant. I thought it was about Adam having the opportunity to show he trusted God by not going against what God said. However, these days I question what is so great about this sort of hierarchical relationship in which God’s role is to be in charge and Adam’s is to obey. It’s not how adults generally relate to each other in good relationships.

]]> By: Ivan http://www.mildenhall.net/1998/09/15/hidden-treasure-god-meets-adams-needs/comment-page-1/#comment-21699 Ivan Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:03:02 +0000 http://www.mildenhall.net/1998/09/15/hidden-treasure-god-meets-adams-needs/#comment-21699 Helen a couple of comments. What was in it for God to need to keep Adam ignorant? Why of all the trees the one of "knowledge" was the forbidden one. Isn't the basis of religious thinking, don't go studying it? Was Adam born with functioning reproductive genitalia? I was thinking about how Eve was created as an afterthought, one would imagine Adam must have had some post Eve surgery done. We were all punished for Adam wanting a little knowledge hey? Ivan Helen a couple of comments. What was in it for God to need to keep Adam ignorant? Why of all the trees the one of “knowledge” was the forbidden one. Isn’t the basis of religious thinking, don’t go studying it?

Was Adam born with functioning reproductive genitalia? I was thinking about how Eve was created as an afterthought, one would imagine Adam must have had some post Eve surgery done.

We were all punished for Adam wanting a little knowledge hey?

Ivan

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