I wander if the forbidden fruit that adam and eve ate from symbolizes religion?

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You hear this occasionally with really mature chrisitans at church: that your connection to God is a relationship and not a religion...

And I wandered if the mistake that Adam and even had made in the garden of eden (as opposed to the garden of gethsame) is choosing to make their connection to God a religion rather than a relationship....

When adam and eve were first created they were created without religion, without law, without a bible and yet they felt no shame (there was nothing wrong with their hearts even though they had no law)

But when they choose to exercise the power to judge others and hence become religious... they became aware of good and evil, hence the introduction of law...

I also thought thta the beast in revelations could be religion too... but no religion as in christianity or buddhism religion as we know it... I believe that in a different context, almost everyone on this earth could be classified as a religious person....

My father is an atheist and he worships money, power and social status and treats me like garbage because I don't have one... so even though he doesn't have a religion, I would say that he has one because he is a worshipper of power... His God is money and he judges everybody according to the law of wealth.

My cousin is also a worshipper of money, beauty and charm and she religiously practices her faith, judging and excluding girls that are ugly... so she is religious even though she doesn't believe in God.

In essence religion has three compontents
1. Socialization
2. Laws that are based on or result in cause and effect
3. God or any other entity (money, beauty, charm) that is worshipped and esteemed
 
I BELIEVE GOD MADE A SIMPLE CHOICE FOR HUMANITY---OBEY OR DISOBEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RELIGION---HUMANITY ---WANTS TO CONTROL WITH LEADERSHIP CONTROL EASIER TRANSLATION MILITARY FORM TERMED RELIGIOUS HIP 123. OBEDIENCE ACTS OUT OF LOVE NOT FEAR---SUBMISSION AND AGREEMENT IS THE RESULT OF OBEDIENCE WHICH LEADS GUIDES AND DIRECTS---MOST TIMES DIVISION FOLLOWS WITH DISAGREEMENT
FREEDOM IN CHOICE---GOD SAYS CHOOSE WHOM YOU WILL SERVE
HUMANITY SAYS FOLLOW ME---GOD SAYS I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND LIFE
GOD SPOKE BEFORE HUMANITY EXISTED---TO ME GOD SPOKE TO MOSES BEFORE THE LAW WAS WRITTEN--- A SPOKEN WORD CAN BE HEARD WHILE A WRITTEN WORD CAN BE SEEN OR CHANGED IN CREATEING LAWS---JUST LIKE MISSPELLED WORDS-- SAYS ONE THING AND MEANS SOMETHING ELSE---SUCH AS CAPS TO SOME MEANS SHOUTING WHILE OTHERS WHO TEXT MEANS SEEING
 
Wander no more. (but it doesn't hurt to wonder)

The fruit was from the Tree of Knowledge. Christians see it as a sin to think.

the "relationship with God/Jesus" came about when the churches started openly defrauding people. It's a way to say you don't believe in religion but it keeps the xtians from stoning you or burning you at the stake.
 
I think the fig leaves they sewed together are a picture of religion. After sinning and realizing that they were no longer covered with the righteousness of God, they created their own destructable clothing out of leaves rather than going to Him to see if He could help them. Then God made them lasting clothes out of animal skins (requiring the shedding of blood in payment for sin), showing that His way is the only way we can truly be covered.
 
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