If There Was No Adam and Eve, Then No Original Sin



The door has closed on a literal interpretation of Adam and Eve. Without Adam and Eve, there was no original sin. Without an original sin there is no need for forgiveness. We don't need a God to forgive our sins if we do not sin.

Analysis of DNA suggests we humans carry evidence of many sources. Archaeology evidence show settlements of humans that seemed to grow and then die out. All evidence points to many sources rather than one man and one woman.

The technique used in the Adam and Eve tale is an old one. It is used today. The technique is for those manipulating the public to hype up a "problem", make it seem bigger than it actually is and then present themselves as the only ones with a solution. If people realize there really is no "problem" the problem solver loses.

The most bizarre "teaching" that comes out of the Adam and Eve story is that children are born sinners. This teaching is necessary for those preaching the religion to hold control over their public.

There will be believers who tell us, "Yes, Adam and Eve were not real people. The important message is elsewhere in the Bible. It is those other parts of the Bible we must take literally."

I call such people "semi literalists." They might also be called "salad bar Christians" who pick the parts of the Bible they like and ignore the rest.

If we start by blowing off the Adam and Eve story, they rationally decide none of the miracles including the Resurrection ever happened we can leave behind the ancient myths of the Bible and move into modern times.

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