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lumpen 🍉 III @scrum@wanderingwires.net
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Genesis 3
3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 3:2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3:3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
god lied, the serpent reveals he truth
3:4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 3:5 God knows that as soon as you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like divine beings who know good and bad.”
Eve listens to the reasoning of the snake, realizes that god has lied to her, and it is in humanities interest to eat of the fruit of knowledge so as to attain humanities innate divine potential
When the woman saw that the tree was good for eating and a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable as a source of wisdom, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, and he ate.
3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened. . .
3:8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
God is in a physical human form, irrelevant but interesting
3:15 I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your offspring and hers; They shall strike at your head, And you shall strike at their heel.”
3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
God instituted the Patriarchal family and it's necessary suffering as punishment
3:17 To Adam [God] said, “Because you did as your wife said and ate of the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ Cursed be the ground because of you; By hard labor shall you eat of it All the days of your life:
"because you did as your wife said" is the first line. God does not want the man listening to the woman, why?
3​:22:​ And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 3:23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. "
So God intituted patriarchy as a strategy of divide and conquer, he fears humanity, who could "become like us" divine beings, Eve is demonized exactly because her dangerous potential to assert humanities interest above and against god's domination.

This concludes the Sethian Sunday School lesson for today.