Context: I sometimes hear the argument that god explicitly told Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit, the same way a parent tells its child not to stick things or touch electrical outlets. So god forcing the two of them to have children and dooming every human ever since is perfectly justified.
This is how I keep my handgun away from my teenager here in the US. /s
Oh so it’s BYOF?
So, you’re saying the punishment was the goal?
I wouldn’t be shocked (…) if my parents actually did this to me when i was a kid…
Former Christian here, them choosing to eat the fruit and ignoring God’s instructions is the entire point. This is a lesson for humanity so that they know the consequences of ignoring the one almighty.
Don’t down vote me here, I’m just the delivery girl.