Thursday, August 18, 2011

Was the Forbidden Fruit...a drug?



It has been said that Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit was only just a metaphor. That it was more about the disobedience of God as to what constituted sin, getting them into trouble and expelled from the Garden of Eden. But what if the infamous Forbidden Fruit in the Garden of Eden so long ago, was more physical than believed?

I had a theory that all drugs were probably made from plants. So I went to Wikipedia and learned that I was pretty much right. I will do more research to see if drugs are made from anything else, but for the most part, the main thing drugs are made from are plants. According to Genesis, God placed two main trees in the middle of Garden of Eden that were more important than any of the other trees that Adam and Eve could eat from: the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Some people like to leave off the "good and evil" part (which is foolish) and just call it the "tree of knowledge". But that leaves out something very vital when talking about this particular tree.

The forbidden tree was the most dangerous. But have you noticed that instead of it being called the "tree of death" (even though that's what it caused when they ate of its fruit), it was called the tree of knowledge of good and evil? Why is this? I will offer my perspective later.

If drugs are made from plants, and the Forbidden Tree is a plant, then it's fruit must have been something like the second picture above. One side was okay, but the other side was deadly.

What do you think?

1 comment:

  1. fred dorward: just as it was in the garden, "MOTIVE" carries MUCH, if not ALL the significance. i find it interesting to "wonder" if that forbidden fruit wasnt "highly" intoxicating, even to "smell its fragrance"! its not really UN-biblical to suppose, as long as you dont replace deeper scriptural meanings with your supposition.

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