Original Sin.

[cladking]

OK, OK, I know I don't talk about that ancient belief that people believed eating figs grown in geyser water could literally make you live as long as Methuselah very often. This is largely because they actually believed it and recorded it and when I report what they said people want to look at me a little cross-eyed. To refresh your memory a little it was called mefat (mfkzt) and looked like ejaculate in water. The tree was called by various names but the Bible refers to it as "Tree of Life" and "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil". It is also known as the tree of wisdom. It was "protected" by a serpent which is our confused understanding of their word that meant something like "leak". CO2 leaked out of the ground and could make a man feel like he'd just had a rib ripped out if he got too much.

Well, long story short it finally occurred to me that the original sin was in eating from this tree. This has led to a flurry of Bible searching and reading. Long story short I believe that this was a "sin" only because it caused so much strife, envy, and greed. There wasn't nearly enough available to feed more than a few people and no one else liked it. I've long worried that there was something sinful about even studying this stuff. The Bible seems clear on the subject and often condemns figs. Today we could probably produce enough for everyone on earth. Of course if they don't get some knowledge of good and evil and some wisdom they'd breed like rabbits and we'd run out in a couple centuries. Or maybe they were wrong and there's no such thing as mefat that makes your bones smell good.

Just thinkin' here.

Some day when I grow up I hope to be able to see the obvious. If it were a snake it'd have bitten me.