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Throughout all of recorded history the devil has taken a lot of heat. The devil has many names depending on who you ask. Almost every religion has a devil or some physical manifestation of evil or representative of Hell. We blame these demons and mignons of Hell for the evils in our world. We say they possess us and force us to commit crimes. They whisper in our ear and tell us it’s ok to snort that line of coke or go ahead and call an escort service if you are traveling out of town. No one ever has to know.

Is this blame fairly placed or are we just passing the buck to an easy target? Let’s take another look at the original sin as believed by both Jews and Christians and let’s do so honestly and objectively.

Genesis 2: 15-17

15. And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16. And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Ok, so why did God not want us to have the knowledge of good and evil? Did he feel it was too much responsibility for us? Did he like the idea of having a bunch of ignorant talking monkeys running around the garden naked? Why would God wish to deny us the knowledge of what is right and why leave us in the dark about what is evil? How were we to avoid what we did not know existed?

Genesis 3: 1-4

1. Now the serpent was more subtle 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?

2. And the woman said unto the serpent, we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

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.

4. And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die:

Satan is often called the prince of liars, but who lied here? She did not die. Adam did not die. The lived out their lives and died at a ripe old age. Satan didn’t deceive anyone. He told her she would not die. She didn’t.

Genesis 3: 5

5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Is that not the same thing God said the fruit was? Satan told Eve exactly what the fruit was and what it would do. It did exactly what he said it would.

Genesis 3: 6-7

6. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

7. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

And the eyes of them both were opened just like the serpent said they would be. Where is the deception? Who put that tree in the garden to begin with? Have we not always been people who choose freedom over oppression? Who was it then that offered us knowledge and who was it that threatened to kill us if we took from a tree that he had put among us without giving us the knowledge required to avoid it?

God made an attempt to suppress our mental development. Satan freed us. This is a very logical conclusion, supported by the Bible itself. So why do we demonize the devil?

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