AN IMAGINARY CONVERSATION WITH GOD. PART 7

This is a continuation of Taku2u's imaginary conversation with God. In having this conversation, Taku2u is working on the premis that, like a father or mother to their children, God would not object to his children - based on the proposition of the creationists - having an frank and honest conversation with him/her/deity. 

T.: So far, G, we have covered some of the issues I have regarding the purported creation of the earth and the heavens, the singularity or duality or plurality of your being. I would now like to move on to something else, if you do not mind.

Now, in Chapter 1 of Genesis, G, you are quoted as warning man not to eat from the tree of knowledge, of good and evil. Can I ask why you wanted to keep man ignorant, having already given him dominion over pretty much all of the earth and the creatures in it?

G.: You know, T, it is really as you humans tend to say, you cannot win whatever you do. There are probably two ways of answering your question. Firstly, I could argue that it was my fear of humans forming the wrong conclusions from the knowledge I know they could derive from eating of the ‘tree of life’, and thereby  making the wrong decisions and having to pay the consequences of their action. You see, having only recently created humans, at least, according to the creationists, I knew that they would be like children let loose in the equivalent of a candy or toy shop, but without the experience and wisdom to evaluate the quality and implications of using the varied fruits which would prove irresistible to them. 

I felt, indeed, I knew for certain that they would make poor choices and had to pay the price of those choices. I wanted to protect them, but they would not listen. Instead, Adam, as man has tended to do since his creation, or, if you will, according to you and the evolutionists, his evolution, fell to the charms of Eve, a woman of great charm and persuasion, as Adam found out.

L.: So, G, in order to protect your creation, humans, you decided that it was best to keep them in ignorance, by not allowing them to see and explore the fruits of the ‘tree of life’, and to lean to make up their own minds about what fruits are harmful and which are not? You decided that you would be the one who would make such decisions?

G.: Yes, L, that was the decision I made. After all, is it so surprising that I, whom the creationists call God, and the Christians would later call ‘Father’, should want to protect humans, who are, essentially, my children?  Is this not a trait of a caring parent?

L.: Well, G, I can appreciate some of what you are saying, being myself a parent, and one who have probably been more protective towards my children than I should really have been. You mentioned, G, that you could also answer this question in another way; what did you mean by that?

G.: So, L, I could tell you that I did not want you humans, or, rather, your ancestors, to eat or drink of the ‘tree of life, because it would place them/you at risk of having access to such power that you might yourselves become like me, or us, gods. I could tell you that I/we feared that the secrets of our ‘magic’, or ‘miracle-working’ would have been revealed to you humans. Indeed, considering the progress of the scientific and technological estates, you might even argue that the secrets of our ‘magic’ has, indeed, been revealed and is being used. 

Have you, L, ever considered how the elders, the masters, be they self-proclaimed or having been independently accorded such accolade or status, guard their ‘secrets’  throughtheir initiation rites and rituals?  Have you not noticed how the elders of the churches and the clergy of the different religions elevate themselves above the ordinary people, and surround themselves and their roles with rituals of mystery and mythification? Well, why should you humans expect anything less of the gods whom the creationists have created and on whose behalf they purport to speak ? Are we not made in your image?

T.: Mmm, G. Yes, you are right, it is as one should, logically, expect it to be; pretty much all a mystery.Thanks for that, G. I would now like us to move onto your treatment of Eve, following the ‘tree of knowledge’ incident.