Interesting statement ArGee. I see the truth in it, but I don't know why.
Maybe, belief in God with all it implies, is much harder in this age of science.
Regarding the Tree of Knowledge My Husband said "Man is DOOMED to Learn". The more man knows, the less he will believe.
And, yet, G-d seems willing to deal with us on an intellectual level. In Isaiah G-d says, "Come, let us reason together." When the Apostle Thomas made his famous challenge Jesus met him and allowed him to touch the wounds before declaring that faith without seeing is a blessed faith. When Paul wrote of the Resurrection he went to some trouble to list those who had seen the Resurrected Messiah so those to whom he was writing could check out the story if they wanted to. And Luke records Paul's preaching with phrases like, "Thus, with many proofs, he showed them..."
Science reveals truth. All truth is G-d's truth. The issue isn't what is revealed, but man's desire to interpret that truth in a way that glorifies himself at the expense of G-d.
Shalom.
We are not doomed because we learn things.
Au contraire, we are all partaking of that fruit, of that tree, and in the end, knowledge shall increase, even as we do not live longer than a day.
That is what it is all about.
Learning, and knowledge.
The knowledge of Good and Evil.
Genesis is the key to all knowledge.
The Commandments to Man in that book, transcend all else.
If you look carefully, with an open mind, you will probably see that is what it is about.
That is in part why Jesus was executed. He so pissed of the religious authorities of his day.
When the leaders queried him concerning the letter of the law concerning the rules of Divorce, he cut them to the quick with his clear rebuke concerning the true meaning of the Law.
Genesis, and the commandments to Adam (and all of us)concerning marriage, divorce, and in reality so much more...(as I said) cut them to the quick.
He undermined their place in God's hierarchy, and they targeted him for that offense.
It is all there in that silly little book that our children are not allowed to learn about because a$$holes are running our public education system.
"Man is DOOMED to Learn"
What a tagline!