Based on a literal undertanding of the Old Testament / Hebrew

>>679050
Doesn't matter, because Yahweh has a greater capacity for fucking you up. It's about fear of God, more than love. That came later.

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>>679066

Are you saying fear is greater than love?

>>679050
On a literal understanding of the OT, the serpent isn't Satan. And if he was, as you point out, he's God's errand boy anyway, so ultimately, his boons are from God.

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SHOO SHOO DEMIURGE

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>>679116

Why assume a Demiurge?

>>679050
>literal undertanding
No

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>>679140

No?

You can do better than that, anon, surely.

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>>679066
"the fear comes later"

>>679155
Biblizism and fundamentalism are a modern inventions and you're pretty much retard
Happy now?

>>679220

You appear to have missed the premise of the thread and appear to have a very low IQ, which would explain your posts, anon.

>>679050
Satan is the main reason death even exists. If Adam and Eve weren't tempted, death wouldn't have come.

>>679050
The Jews don't think the talking snake was anything more than a talking snake.

>What you should know about Satan is that he's basically Tzeentch

There, saved you a minute of reading bullshit

>>679274

Actually, us Jews think that the whole episode was a prophetic vision, since "talking to God" necessarily involves a trance or a dream state unless you're Moses, who was a bit of a Gary Stu in that regard.

>>679283
>us Jews think that the whole episode was a prophetic vision
there's a variety of jewish beliefs on the topic

there isn't a consensus

t. formerly orthodox jew