Paradise Lost

Lots of random thoughts:

Book X: Adam is whining and crying because he's been made mortal by god after fucking up. He blames Eve, of course, and fears that all women are treacherous beings. “Why couldn't god find some other way for us to create offspring, without the use/creation of women?”

Why did God have to make a tree that no one was allowed to touch or eat the fruit from, Adam?? Eve blames the serpent, Adam blames Eve, I'm over here wagging my finger at naughty old God for playing with his food.

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Satan isn't the good guy here, but neither is god. Also, who made the angels, man? Bc if God made the angels, he also made them free-thinking enough to rebel. God is both sadist and masochist.

It brings into question the idea of good and evil in this way that I don't ultimately believe there's a pure definition of either, or that anything should really be described as such, because in this instance, to be good simply means to follow authority blindly, and to be bad is to break the authorities rules, or commit acts the authority deems “sinful”. I, no doubt, would have been wiped out in the flood.

Also - Jesus is the ultimate nepo baby. No one in the history of work has ever really been friends with the bosses son, you just kiss ass and hope you don't get fired.