As the Bible is full of myths, and humans evolved over millions of
years and very likely originated in Africa, Adam and Eve as a first
couple in Mesopotamia never existed.
So eating of the forbidden fruit and the 'falling' into sin never
happened as described in the Bible.
Where did these ideas and concepts then come from?
From what older religion? From Judaism, and before that from ....?
Why the idea that since this Garden of Eden we are all born in sin?
As that does not make sense, then there is no sense in the death of
a son of God to atone for all our sins either.
So the beliefs of Christianity are ancient manmade constructs.
It is a pity that a philosophy of sin and guilt evolved into a
religion with over a billion followers in the world, which still
believe in the same myths. Maybe a 100 million understand and accept
that these are only myths and metaphors, the rest they don't think
about.
But the religion of sin and guilt and punishment is very much
a religion based on taboos, restrictions, hangups about sexuality,
law and order, arrogance, intolerance. If we look at the last
2000 years of Christianity we certainly cannot call it a religion
of peace. In many aspects this religion in combination
with advanced technology colonized, raped, plundered and waged
hundreds of wars, and most of them on non-christians.
The last two in 2003 (Iraq) and Afghanistan (2001), started by
a man who calls himself a born-again Christian guided by God.
How is Christianity forcing or seducing its followers into
all these wars especially on non-Christians?
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