Fat Bible Bloke's Blog

O.K. Let's finish the story The snake was the most cunning creature God had made. The snake tempted the woman to eat from the forbidden tree. "If you do eat," said the snake, "you will not die but will become like God." The snake was right; they didn't die, did they? In a life and death way, no, they didn't. But think what the temptation means . Adam and Eve were tempted to disobey God when there was no need. There was plenty for them to eat. Mostly when people today disobey or do wrong, they know what "wrong" is - and they don't need to do it anyway. NO COMMENT! ---------------------------------------- Eve took some of the fruit, ate it and gave some to her husband who also ate it. So they're in big trouble now. Because they have disobeyed; because they have experienced what " wrong " is. Suddenly the perfect life has become spoiled. Perfection is DEAD . So, although they haven't physically died, t...

"Adam and Eve It" : Believe it? (Cockney rhyming slang) O.K. so you're saying that Adam and Eve were real people; not just a story? I'm not taking sides at this stage. We do know that every single person alive today was descended from one woman so she can easily be called Eve. Presumably she had sexual relaions with some man whom we can all Adam. On the other hand many Christians are happy that Adam and Eve are an illustration of "man" and "woman" and their "fall" from the beauty and perfect that God intended. I suppose, yet again, we'd better see what the Bible actually says.  Yes we had; and I've used little snippets from that Lucas Cranach painting we looked at a few days ago, remember? It's still weird. Then the Lord God took some soil from the ground and formed a man[c] out of it; he breathed life-giving breath into his nostrils and the man began to live.  From the soil? I came from mum's belly...

Was it such a good idea? Yes, sorry. I was out late last night at a Halloween Party.  Was it such a good idea? We didn't drink - much. But we went trick-and-treating. And my costume was really cool. Do you really think that taking the devil, evil and all that as a joke is a good idea? It's not like that; it's a bit of fun. What's wrong with Halloween? It was once linked to the Celtic festival of "Samhain", which comes from the Old Irish for "summer's end". Samhain was seen as a time when the 'door' to the Otherworld opened enough for the souls of the dead, and other beings such as fairies, to come into our world. The souls of the dead were said to revisit their homes on Samhain. Feasts were had, at which the souls of dead kin were beckoned to attend and a place set at the table for them. Lewis Spence described it as a "feast of the dead". Christianity adapted the idea and used the "eve" as a picture of...

O.K. Eden might be real; but no-one was there to check on Adam and Eve! Quite right; but no-one was there to see the creation; but the Bible seems pretty close. But does it really matter? The Important thing is what the story actually means. It explains how things started going wrong; not perfect for ever. And did they have apples, then? The Bible doesn't say it's an apple; never has done. It says "fruit". Whoops, wrong yet again! Over the years, lots of people have tried to illustrate the story of "The Fall", as it is called. Look at that weird picture! "The Garden of Eden" - painted by Lucas Cranach; born 1472, died 1553. Lucas Cranach the Elder (Lucas Cranach der Ältere, 4 October 1472 – 16 October 1553), was a German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving. He was court painter to the Electors of Saxony for most of his career, and is known for his portraits, both of German princes and those of the leade...

What, on Earth, Went Wrong? We're answering your question (and the one in the little poem), namely; if God made everything so lovely and perfect, why is everything so unlovely and so imperfect in the world today? Yes, and if it's awful, why doesn't God do something to make it better? Which is why we need to go to the Garden of Eden. Surely there wasn't a real place. It's just a story, isn't it? The Bible actually tells us where the Garden is - or was. A stream flowed in Eden and watered the garden; beyond Eden it divided into four rivers. The first river is the Pishon; it flows around the country of Havilah. (Pure gold is found there and also rare perfume and precious stones.) The second river is the Gihon; it flows around the country of Cush. The third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria, and the fourth river is the Euphrates.  So get the map! ... And tell me more. People have argued for centuries about where the Garden of E...