Tree of Life
“The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground–trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.” – Genesis 2:9 One of the most well known bible stories: Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Eve converses with the serpent, she eats the the fruit from the tree of knowledge, then she gives it to Adam who also partakes in the trees fruit. Now most of us, when we heard the story questioned the logic of the first two humans (according to the bible). We then talk, or think about how the first thing we would done, would’ve been to eat from the tree of life. So that we can live forever… But, would we really want to live forever? In the story of Adam and Eve, if they ate from the tree of life they would have lived in a, “sinless,” world. A world that the bible claims was perfect. But, I would argue none of us would want that reality. If they ate from the tree of life, they wouldn’t enjoy the earthly pleasures we enjoy.
Everything we experience in our reality, is nowhere close to what they experienced. They were vegans before it was cool, the original hippies living in a world that lacked Super Smash Bros Melee, who had no purpose in life. Simply because a purpose couldn’t exist. Throughout history everyone has pondered why they exist. Some of us has chosen to look toward science for the reason we exist (or lack thereof), while others religion, and a few look toward nature. This is because everything we know will end. We have this desire to make meaning of such short lives, in hopes that our children would be proud of us? The world would be proud of us? The universe will be proud of us? We just want something, or someone to remember us when we cease to exist. I can not imagine a purpose in life when our existence is infinite. Because we strive to make an impact on the world because our time is limited. We desire acknowledgement after death. If death ceases to exist, so does our desire to leave a mark on this Earth. Therefore destroying the beauty that is life, because the beauty requires a time limit.
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