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If Genesis is Metaphorical, what's the metaphor?

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One_Charred_Wing
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Message 150 of 168 (193208)
03-22-2005 1:37 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by jjburklo
02-21-2005 9:39 PM

A possible metaphor?
I'm by no means a veteran Bible scholar, but to me the story of the Tree of Knowledge had a simple meaning: When Adam and Eve ate the apple they gained the knowledge of good and evil, therefore all of us as their children have the responsibility of knowing right from wrong.
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And while I don't believe that Genesis tells the actual story of how life came about, I think it's interesting how man came from the 'dust of the earth' kind of the amino acids did according to the Urey-Miller experiement.
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03-22-2005 2:18 PM 		Reply to: Message 160 by jar
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Re: Well, frankly ...
I just finished 'The Antichrist' by Nietzche yesterday so I've been meaning to discuss messages in the Noah's Flood story:
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1.His interpretation was that God saw man becoming too sinful(i.e. scientific according to Nietzche) so he decided to drown them. To Nietzche this is a perfect example of how Judeo-Christian leaders put down knowledge in order to stay in control of their ignorant followers, and I can honestly see where he's coming from.
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2.The only real moral lesson I saw is that Noah's ark saved him while all the sceptics of a world flood drowned, meaning sometimes you have to do things despite what others think of you for it.
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Any thoughts on these?
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03-22-2005 2:29 PM 		Reply to: Message 163 by arachnophilia
03-22-2005 2:23 PM

Extra-Biblical Literature?
Idisagreed at first, because the theme is not present in the actual story. however, the the extra-biblical literature it is
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I know this may sound ignorant, but where can I find some of said literature?
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03-23-2005 3:20 PM 		Reply to: Message 166 by jar
03-22-2005 4:59 PM

Re: Link to the Book of the Secrets of Enoch ...
Geez, guess I've got my spring-break reading cut out for me(again).
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But thanks for the link.
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