We are told that the first sinners were Adam and Eve since they ate the fruit of the forbidden tree and became aware of their nakedness, which is when God threw them out of paradise. The apple was used by the devil to tempt Eve, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away Eve” he might have told her and she then tempted Adam, who unquestioningly ate the fruit of the Tree of Life. I think the story is purely metaphorical, with the tree as a coded symbol. If I could translate it, I would say the Fruit of the Forbidden Tree was Eves sexuality, her womb the fruit which brings forth life. For the chauvinists this simply proves how much power woman has always had over man- the woman is the thinker the man is the doer as most often than not she is the one that makes him do things - ever since the fictionalized drama we call creation.
Growing up I used to ask myself that if Adam and Eve were the first two humans and they were responsible to populate this planet, their children must have had to copulate with each other, finding the first family guilty of INCEST in turn making the whole of mankind a generation of bastards.
The Catholics have a wide variety of sins to choose from; Original Sin- Mortal Sin and Venial Sin. The first being something you inherit at birth from Adam and Eve, and though Evangelical Christians believe that Jesus came to wash away the sin of mankind by dying on the cross, Catholics believe that unless the priest does not pour holy water (which half the city un hygienically dips their hands into) over your forehead when you are 30 days old, you will not be eligible to re enter paradise.
Mortal is graver than venial sin… for e.g a murder is a Mortal sin, and telling is lie is venial, however, Mortal sin according to the Catholic faith can be forgiven if you confess it to a priest. Venial sins don’t necessarily need to be confessed. If you deliberately murder your mother in law, just tell your local priests in the confession booth after the Sunday mass and after saying 100 ‘our fathers and 200 hail mary’s”, the gates of paradise will once again open for you. I wonder who the priests confess to when they rub the bums of little altar boys? The Pope probably by now has created a special diocese allowance and fund especially so these little boys can keep their mouths shut, and zippers open only. Since 1950, there have been over 11,000 reported cases of molestation by horny pedophile catholic clergy around the world. So In April 2003, the Pontifical Academy for Life organized a three-day conference, entitled "Abuse of Children and Young People by Catholic Priests and Religious" to try to figure out the problem. The problem in my opinion is Celibacy invented by the Catholic church, which defies the laws of nature, and when you mess with the laws of nature, it will mess you up mentally.
It baffles me why people don’t think or question what they chose to believe in… they follow like pack rats in a race, heads low, eyes on the ground focused only on the tails in front of them. No one wants to inquire where they are heading to, and why they have chosen the path they are on. If their parents and almost all of their so called society traveled the same road, then it must be the right direction. To have faith in any one religion, you do not need any one qualifying criteria, except that you MUST be a little blind with a lot of faith, and absolutely no logic or reason. Hence to be religious, you need to be blind mouse.
Religion has been the most destructive and devastating invention EVER, which has taken the most number of lives and has caused the most amounts of injustice and hardship throughout history, all in the name of righteousness.
Monotheistic religions went on to invent GOD, this old wise man sitting on a throne in the clouds, with a big book in his lap where he records your daily activities, and requests. A God with two opposite sides - On one hand this GOD is gentle, compassionate and loving and on the other hand powerful, jealous and destructive and can strike you dead if you are evil. But most of the time, He’s sitting in heaven bored, waiting for us to ask for a job, money, children, a bigger house or a better lover.
I like to believe we are all little Gods- Gods of our own destinies, with the power and autonomy over our own lives. We create for ourselves the worlds we want, as much as we'd really hate to take up full responsibility for ourselves, some of us are indeed the cause of our own pathetic little lives. If we think pitiful, the world around us will treat us exactly like that and likewise if you feel like a winner, success will be drawn to you like a bee to the flower. We pray, cry and wail, but we won’t get off our butt to work towards our goals or desires..... No No, praying is much easier, the man in the clouds can do the hard work. God is our scapegoat and Religion is the excuse for most of us, to go on living an ignorant existence.
Here is a link, that sheds light on some of the Sins in the Vatican.... :-)
http://www.timesonline.co.
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