So… I wanted to discuss something about Christianity… I've had a conversation with @kdfrawg over on ADN a long time ago around this topic. I've been reading this article over the last few days -> http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/19/how-st-augustine-invented-sex
The question that comes to my mind is this - Adam and Eve made a mistake - they chose to gain knowledge that they shouldn't have had. The author seems to spin it so that St Augustine took this story from an allegory to 'fact', in order to align it with his own understanding of Christianity. But at the end of it all, it was still just a mistake. Why treat them so harshly? Are we saying through this that God is a vengeful God who cannot forgive?
Your thoughts please…