But, what if the heterosexuality is a man raping a woman? That’s clearly evil. Is it always good? Well, if it is two people committed to a loving relationship where the highest good is truly sought for both people through self-sacrificial love, then it is good. But, what if it is two people committed to a loving relationship where the highest good is truly sought for both people through self-sacrificial love? Then homosexuality would be good. If it is a practice of sexual debauchery, which the mainstream seems to equate it with, then yes it is evil.
Is homosexuality always evil? If it is a practice used to worship a god or gods falsely, then yes it is evil. This is to live by black and white rules instead of the gray of wisdom. But, this is to live by judgment and discernment. This tree symbolizes a dualistic way of thinking in which everything resides in either the good or the bad all the time without ever thinking about particular situations.įor example, heterosexuality is good and homosexuality is evil. While the tree of life symbolizes living in the gray areas of life, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil represents living as if everything is black and white. In the Bible, judgment means to decide something ahead of time as always good or always bad. Therefore, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil represents the opposite of wisdom and discernment, which is judgement.
This leads to death, not in the sense that you are eternally dead forever and ever, but in the sense that you have arrived at the worst possible outcome for all involved. Merely following rules and laws requires no thought and no wisdom. Gray areas require contemplative thought to discern the best solution to the situation or problem at hand.Īlso, if you study the Bible long enough you will find that the simple adherence to rules and laws lead to death. Wisdom and discernment imply that there are gray areas to life. Therefore, we could think of the tree of life as the tree of discernment. The tree of life is the tree of wisdom.Īt its root, wisdom is knowledge applied to a specific situation that brings about the best possible outcome for all. Rather, it means living with true wisdom. Life, eternal life, does not mean living forever and ever and ever. Study the Bible long enough and you will find that it equates life with wisdom. What are the two ways of living from the heart that the trees represent? Therefore, these trees represent two ways of living from the heart. We could say that the middle of the garden was the heart of the garden. So, if what seems to be the common understanding of the symbolism of these two trees is not really what these two trees represent, then just exactly what are the two trees in the middle of the garden of Eden all about? In other words, if you eat the fruit of the tree of life that you doesn’t mean you will achieve some sort of immortality and live forever.Īs for the other tree, what’s the problem with having a knowledge of whether or not a thing is good or evil? Why would knowing if something is good or evil lead to my dying? Isn’t a knowledge a good thing? But, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil isn’t about actual knowledge. The tree of life does not symbolize living forever. The names of these two trees have caused a lot of confusion. And, if man ate from the second tree, then he would die. Man could eat from the first but not the second. And, a tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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