LOL

if i tell you, it ruins it.

i meant if they immigrated from Africa to America and they happened to be white; what are they labeled in the US?

*cough cough* that's not from the bible itself but i'm leaving it alone now. believe what you want. who am i to judge or take that away?

touchè.....just stories handed down. to each their own, i guess. i should just let them be. just drives me a little bonkers when they condemn others with a book they barely know/understand themselves. but as my husband says, it would be equally as wrong of me to try and take their faith/hope. "it is what it is".

for all that claim this snake was the devil....show me where it says that and i'll shut up about it.

for the last time....that snake was not the devil.

that's so cute..... lol

so..........God wanted mindless slaves to worship him? as the above post states.

if you really studied the bible as you claim you would know that the devil didn't tempt adam & eve.....it was just a snake: a walking, talking, jealous snake.

also, if " your free will is God's will for you" then that means that no one goes to hell for their sins b/c their sins were part of God's plan.....still makes no sense.

that makes no sense! then we were lied to by the bible b/c that is NOT free will. who am I kidding? I don't believe the bible anyways (I think it was written to control the masses)...I was just trying to make a point. BUT you can't make sense to the already brain washed, I suppose.

...and stuff him/her down a garbage chute!

but if we have free will then how does God have a predestined plan for us as well? just doesn't make sense.

go re-read it....you'll see what I mean.

yes....that's what's so weird! if you do a little research, it says that adam "knew" all the animals. the Hebrew word for knew is also the word used for "sex". (when it somes to the bible, you have to remember it's been translated and re-translated. we loose meaning in translations.) so we can almost understand it as the snake was jealous of eve b/c adam did not find it as a suitable companion. Also, if you analyze it some more: the snake's punishment was to crawl forever on it's belly. therefore at some point the snake had arms and legs. the whole story is a little whacked. i's called the "lullaby effect". For example, in the lullaby "hush-a-bye baby. in the tree tops. when the wind blows the cradle will rock. when the bow brakes the cradle will fall. and down will come baby cradle and all." if you analyze the lyrics it's actually a really terrifying thing to tell a kid, but we're so used to it that we don't really realize it. same thing applies here.

no where in the story of adam and eve does it state that the snake was the devil. don't believe me? read it for yourself.

delinquent heaven! [don't take offense tho...sounds like my kinda place]

....and sort of is a casino for kids.

you should def stop trying....you're a meesely little guest. won't get anything outta me! LOL

momma