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As the story has it, we would clearly live forever could we get our hands on that carefully guarded fruit.
Agreed. And I like tot ake that even further and argue the following: that god is clearly excited about the danger of humans eating the fruit of life becuase it would make humans equal to god:
Genesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."
Thus the only difference between humans and god is eternal life. And that is merely a technical problem to be solved. Thus, we are very nearly gods equals, on gods own terms.
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