Was Adam a Plant?

[quote]SeanParent wrote:
Wait…so Adam and Eve ate an apple from the tree of knowledge…so eating the apple would make them smarter?

And if so…then that means God didn’t want humans to evolve?

Maybe so they didnt find out that religion was fake?
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It wasn’t the Tree of Knowledge. It was the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Oddly, they could have eaten from the Tree of Life without repercussion, perhaps. But not both. There are interesting implications there.

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[quote]Headhunter wrote:
Then the Garden of Eden would have been a place of total peace, with no predators or prey, just peaceful plants. God [/quote]

Life would be impossible without the predator/prey relationships. Life is a series of mutual dependencies inextricably interrelated. You can’t have plants without herbivore animals, and vice versa.

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also, that’s ridiculous. why couldn’t plants exist on their own? they use sunlight for energy… they don’t require something to run around eating them. some plants use this as a competitive advantage and would certainly suffer if all the animals suddenly vanished on the planet. But, with that said, I’m sure many plants would do just fine. [/quote]

Plants use sunlight for energy but they need much than that! Can you thrive on sugar only? Some plants without herbivore animals will overrun the ecosystem leading to soil depletion (lack of nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus). Other plants will die out due to lack of dispersal (a bunch of species have symbiotic relationships with animals that eat their seeds and fruits.) Some plants will overgrown, die and ultimately dead plants matter will pile up…a huge mess!
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In response to the sugar only comment - comparing the physiology humans to that of plants is also another ridiculous statement. we’re much more complicated then that.

Yes, some species would definitely die off, but plants would continue to adapt to their changing environments. They evolved to take advantage of herbivores, they will evolve not to take advantage of them if they are gone.

Also, bacteria & fungi would still be around to decompose dead plants. plant matter simply wouldn’t pile up to the sky.

Things are in an intricate balance now, but if animals were to simply vanish one day, it definitely wouldn’t make “life impossible” for the plants and microbes left behind.

Without any animals or humans, the earth would be like one big greenhouse. Without any fighting or violence as we know it, it would have been considered Eden.

Plants are not aware in the sense that we are. They are on auto-pilot. So God created Adam out of a plant. But to create consciousness, He had to create competition/conflict. What greater source of conflict is there than sex? Pursuit of the opposite sex is hard-wired into us and is often very violent in the animal kingdom.

Thus sex destroyed the Garden of Evil and is considered the Original Sin.

Um, well Adam and Even could have be real, or it could be a myth to explain the reason why we were kicked out of God’s presences for our transgressions.

God made man in the image of himself, not of plants HH.

[quote]pushharder wrote:
Suggesting sex was the original sin is even more moronic than “Was Adam a plant?” HH, I’ve never had the impression you were a heavy drinker but I have to think you were on a binge in this case.

BTW, starting a trollish thread and claiming it’s not one does not absolve you of starting a trollish thread.[/quote]

Chill out, Push.