Today I postured in front of the mirror... now normally when I find myself in a posturing mood it seldom occurs in a conscious state and if it does, the most likely end is in fact... the inside of my eyelids. So posturing w/ a constant stream of consciousness proved to be ultimately life altering. So again, as i postured I said to myself... "Self, how did you come about into existence". And as the obvious answer slaps you in the face, the religious will say through some form of a higher power, the scientist will say evolutionary progression, and the rest will probably say "fucking duh" lol. In any case my mind went beyond these measures and at this moment I realized that in some ways I, as well as everyone else, may owe thanks to woman named Eve for the reason we are allowed to breath today.
Now whether we would've been born regardless is up for speculation, but I would like to think this was pivotal in our existance in the present day... and it's this reason that i continued my thoughts...
Now one may say, "WHAT!!! Thank Eve.... " and this is where we begin to blame and point out her faults in the Garden of Eden as we always have... but hold those thoughts, blames, and pointed fingers for a moment and allow your mind to be open to the thoughts produced by my posturing. As God began informing Adam and Eve of the "Do's and Don'ts" of Eden he specifically mentioned that disobeying his order to not partake in the Tree of Knowledge would result in a multitude of punishments including Death (Genesis 2:16-17... did i mention Genesis is one of my favorite books lmao... yeah i know hype, oh well). Now without Death to worry about, amongst the other sins and vices, life for Adam and Eve was, as one could imagine, carefree and whimsical. Furthermore there was no need for procreation at this time, at least not extensive procreation. I mean think about it, procreation is a means to preserve life and with no one dying there is no need for extensive procreation for fear of over populating Eden. Therefore without extensive procreation it is easy to see that thousands and thousands of years later these initial inhabitants would still be in exitense. Therefore the history of the world that we've come to study in formal education and the rich family traditions that we have formed over time would not exist. Therefore we... would not exist.
So hopefully you see my point now for why we must thank Eve... at least in a satiracal kind of way. For without the release of Death as a punishment there would be no need for procreation, and without procreation no us. So personally I thank Eve, for it is ironically through what many deem to be one of the most selfish, devious, or perhaps dumbest acts in the history of our religion that we are allowed to breath and partake in life and began to point fingers on who to blame back then anyway. Was it the snake's fault, did Eve know what she asked Adam to do since she had already partaken of the fruit, or was Adam just naive and dumb... who knows but you might find yourself a little bit more appreciative of the fact that the event did occur. That is if you truly appreciate the life you've been blessed with...
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