Arevos

But clearly my environment affects my decisions. The events that occur in my life shape who I am, and so too does my DNA. These two things were, at least initially, controlled by God. Assuming the truth of genesis a moment, then God knew, because he was omnipotent, that the Garden of Eden was created in such a way that it would result in Adam taking a bite of the forbidden fruit. Since God is omnipotent, he could have redesigned the garden in a way where this scenario would not take place. The removal of a particular serpent would go a long way to achieving this goal.

Thus, God constructed the Garden of Eden for the specific purpose of casting Adam and Eve out of it. He knew they'd take a bite of the apple, because the garden must have been designed in such a fashion, that it would be inevitable that the two humans would be eventually cast out.

From that initial push, all events in human history follow. The arrangement of atoms in the Garden of Eden, if genesis is true and God is omniscient, must be a blueprint of all future events. Humankind is following the map that God created in the Garden of Eden.

I think they did a lot more than that. Taking the women of a city as slaves for your men goes way beyond simple survival.

Biologically, that's all that we are. I think it's funny that people find the need to believe in something more that each other.

I think it's a question of time. I can't read all the novels in the world, so I look at the blurb on the back and make a choice whether to read the book or not. Likewise, I haven't the time to read all the religious texts in the world. The Bible doesn't strike me as worth it from the parts I've read so far.