question for the god squad

Originally posted by Agerg
it was a serpent that co-erced Adam into eating the apple no? *SHAKE THE SNAKE!!!*

No the serpent tempted Eve into eating the apple, she then persuaded Adam that it wouldn't kill him - there was no coersion, they had a free choice otherwise it wouldn't make the banishment from Eden logical within the Genesis narrative.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Here's a short film that will answer all your questions:

http://ubu.wfmu.org/video/Borowczyk-Walerian_Scherzo-Infernal_1984.avi

LOL. Thank you. That was very informative. They should show that to every child in school. It would clear up so much confusion.

I'm still not sure though. Does this mean it's OK with Jesus to call down for more mayo or not?

Originally posted by DeepThought
No the serpent tempted Eve into eating the apple, she then persuaded Adam that it wouldn't kill him - there was no coersion, they had a free choice otherwise it wouldn't make the banishment from Eden logical within the Genesis narrative.

So....does that mean we can go Hans Solo on Darth Vader's head, or should we try to refrain?

Originally posted by twiceaknight
So....does that mean we can go Hans Solo on Darth Vader's head, or should we try to refrain?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onan

If you were created by a god and were given the ability to do it then it's presumeably not wrong - you just have to put up with the fact that everyone in heaven is watching.

you just have to put up with the fact that everyone in heaven is watching.[/b]

Perverts! They should be ashamed of themselves!

BTW, congratulations, I think you are the first person in this thread who actually attempted to answer my question.

I'm a bit worried about the part of your link that says

"One Jewish interpretation is that Onan was deserving of the death penalty solely because he sinned by spilling his seed"

Do any modern day Jews out there see aiding and abetting a known felon as punishable by death? Or do Jews think its OK these days?