I'm only two pages into the Bible and I already feel like I've discovered the ultimate secret of the universe. Of course, I did only buy this Bible because I believe we are living in the end times, so there is a fifty-fifty chance I've already wondered off deep into a delusion. So why the fuck not have a bit of fun with it?
If you are a Christian reading this, then you will definitely have to keep an open mind, for I'm pretty sure this theory is highly blasphemous in many regards,
To give you a little context, it was a very strong suspicion of mine that the God of the old Testament, Yahweh, was in fact Saturn, the Ancient Roman God, even before opening the first page. So it is perhaps this notion that led me to interpret the story of Creation in such a fashion. However, I have given this a search on Google and I'm unable to find anyone else suggesting the same thing, so I felt I definitely must share this.
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Two stories of Creation
I must first make you aware that there are very clearly two stories of creation in Genesis. One in which God creates the heavens and the Earth, and breathes man to life in "our" (the gods) image. Then directly after this, on the next page, it starts again with a second story of creation, the one in the Garden of Eden. A quick google search for "two stories of creation" will reveal that this is an observation many people have made and seek answers about, and perhaps my theory could provide one.
Another thing to note is that in the story of creation told in Genesis 1, God is referred to as just that; God. But in Genesis 2, in the garden of Eden, the God is now described as LORD GOD. So we have a bit of a pompous one here it would seem.
The Creation of Society
My theory is that the second story of creation, in Genesis 2, the one we all know of Adam and Eve; is in fact a metaphor for the birth of human "civilization," and what has ultimately led to the creation and cultivation of the modern society we find ourselves having to participate in.
Consider the following; if there are two stories of creation, then we do not know how much time passed in between the two. But let us presume that there was already a population of humans living on the Earth before the LORD GOD arrived on the scene.
We are told that this God placed a tree, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, before Adam and Eve. These two mentioned could very well represent mankind as a whole, for who else could their children have mated with?
This LORD GOD then tells man not to eat from the tree.
Then, we have the serpent appear and tempt man to eat from the tree.
My interpretation of this is that the LORD GOD, Yahweh, whom if you investigate, will find is known as a god of armies, conjured the serpent intentionally by placing the tree before mankind.
Let us assume, as we will have to for this theory to work, that all mankind were somewhat of a family prior to the placement of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Naked, as stated, for we did not look upon one another with judgement. We were beings of love and compassion with no ill-will in us at all.
I have already believed this for some time. I look around and everywhere I see intentional attempts to chip away at our love for one another, and replace it with distrust. So let us imagine it was a world where we did not need to play against one another in order to attain a life of comfort-- it was already there. And so we had no need to ever think of one another as foes if we had no reason to fear we would not get what we needed from life.
Until someone, or something, named Yahweh, placed the tree, which is likely a metaphor, and said unto man;
"Don't.."
A simple word. Yet, one that they had never heard before. The most poisonous of words-- which is perhaps why a snake proceeded them.
But was the serpent really there, or is it merely a metaphor for the poisonous seed that had been planted in the minds of mankind, and that would grow like wildfire throughout the human consciousness to create an entirely new aspect of being human for human beings.
Before then, man would have had no need to ever imagine an adversarial thought. But the moment someone tells you not do something, the first thing you would think is;
Why shouldn't I?
And then from that single question, what thoughts would follow? How would that poison spread throughout the human psyche?
Why shouldn't I eat from it?
Is it for someone else?
Who? .. and why should I listen to you?
And how long before those questions led to;
Maybe I should have my own tree?
And maybe I should choose who gets to eat from it?
And then to;
What if no one wants to eat from my tree?
I will need the best tree, with the best fruit..
Which brought forth;
*He has bigger arms.."
"She has larger breasts.."
And ultimately;
*If I kill them I can take their trees for my own. Then I can have what I want."
A billion questions, all adversarial in nature, all spawned by one demand. An entirely new aspect of human consciousness created. Where there had been only love and unity beforehand, now there was fear and judgement, and so consequently suffering and pain.
Satan does translate to adversary after all. So perhaps this entity named Yahweh, the one who would have himself named THE LORD GOD, conjured the adversarial potential of humanity, by giving humans their first ever order. Something he knew would lead to the birth of a new side of man, a side that longed to give orders themselves, and that now feared to be naked, ultimately because they feared they might not have what they need from life- because others may get it instead.
This would of course mean that Yahweh is the one who infected humans with Satanic, selfish virtues. But it has been the deliberate cultivation of this adversarial part of us, that has created the society we see before us today.
This would also explain why Yahweh was so angry, and why he threw repeated tantrums throughout the old testament. He summoned the part of man that wants power, and that fears, in the hopes that man would bow to him as a leader, as a LORD god. Man couldn't have bowed before, because they had never envisioned a hierarchy in the world, as that can only be imagined through an adversarial perspective.
So when man adopted that mindset, and still chose not to capitulate to Yahweh's command. Naturally, he would be pissed.
That's not to say that I believe Yahweh to be a physical being. I do not know. Perhaps it is yet another metaphor, but this story of creation, which I will continue reading very soon, is so far sounding like the creation of the part of us we have come to recognize as the ego. Not, the creation of mankind.
Man already was good. And we all are born good. But we don't have to eat the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in order to learn of evil. We only need to look at it. The choice to say fuck you and eat from it anyway is ours, and ironically, it is our desire to eat from it--our pride-- rather than just ignoring it, that has paved the way to the world we now live in.