The Bible on Human Waste and Carcasses

uh, no. genesis 3 clearly describes how man gained something that makes us what we are today. unless you propose that the effects of the tree of life are not hereditary (but this is a far from standard reading). again, not quite. the levitical kosher laws were given specifically to the jews. the law was given specifically to set the jews apart from their heathen neighbors.

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from that thread:

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Actually, the Bible never states that Adam and Eve gained a knowledge of good and evil by eating from the tree. The only knowledge that they gained from their experience was a knowledge of their nakedness (Gen 3:7). It is my personal opinion that the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was so called because its very presence gave Adam and Eve a knowledge of good and evil.

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this is not accurate either. when god banishes them from the garden, he says:

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Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil;

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they did not know good and evil before they ate. the tree changed them, according to god.

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no no, they're currently orally occupied. you think the author wouldn't think of that? ...david's the king. that's a bit like arresting the president. it doesn't really ever happen. well, moses AND ezra, who had his scribes re-compiled the text from memory/divine inspiration. generally. not many people subscribe to the whole "adam wrote a chapter, and noah worte a chapter..." idea. it's a little, well, TOO preposterous. when asked to write the story of his life, noah could only fill three chapters? really?

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