The Fallacy of the "ORIGINAL SIN"

The Genesis' story of the "fall" of man, i.e. the story of Adam and Eve who, supposedly, committed the "Original Sin" by eating of the forbidden fruit of "the tree of knowledge of good and evil" is not, in my opinion, a harmless allegory as many might think. I believe that humanity has paid and still does a heavy price for the curses Moses has put in God's mouth, because of the alleged disobedience of Adam and Eve. For it is proven that people become whatever they believe in their heart they are. If people - in our case billions of Bible believers over the centuries - believe that this story is true, then they believe that mankind is "FALLEN" and ACCURSED by its Creator at the very beginning, and so they truly become accursed! I am afraid we cannot ever imagine the enormous negative implications for humankind due to this DECEPTION... Personally I dismiss the myth of the "original sin" as pure fiction, in which I have difficulty finding any edifying, even far-fetched, allegory. Please think about it: In that story, the "serpent", i.e. the symbol of Satan, i.e. the "fallen" Archangel Lucifer, tempted Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit, by deceiving her. After their alleged disobedience, Adam and Eve acquired the knowledge of "good" and "evil" and consequently they were "cursed" by God and pushed out of Paradise! According to the Scriptures, in order to rectify this, i.e. to "pay" (whom?) for our sins, God had to later sacrifice His "only begotten Son", i.e. Christ, who is, supposedly, equal and inseparable to God - a form of suicide! Let us now assume that Adam and Eve had not disobeyed God by eating of the fruit of knowledge of good and evil. What would then have been the state of mankind? What would humans be like without being able to recognize good and evil? The answer is simple: pure idiots. Was this, peradventure, the plan of God for humans? Did the Creator want man to be without consciousness? And if He did, was Satan stronger and cleverer than the Almighty to thwart His master plan for mankind right from the beginning? All this to me is not only absurd but also a blasphemy against God and an outright belittlement of our CREATOR! The ability of distinguishing between good and evil is, in my opinion, the alpha and the omega of consciousness, and I cannot imagine that the purpose of our Creator was for humans not to have consciousness! Now, as I do not want to be accused of misinterpreting scripture, I shall quote here the relevant verses from Genesis. What did the serpent say to Eve? "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Gen 3:5 And what did God say after Adam and Eve's disobedience? "Then the LORD God said, 'Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil...' " Gen 3:22 So, God confirms here that what was supposed to be the serpent's lie actually it was the truth! There is no room for misunderstanding what Moses says here. Nor could we be convinced that "knowing" means "committing" in the above verses, because if we take this interpretation of the verb "know" then we conclude that God also sins by "knowing", i.e. committing, "good and evil"! But remember: NO ORIGINAL SIN, NO CURSE, NO need for REDEMPTION (by the blood of Jesus) from the curse! In others words, without "original sin" and without "curse", the foundation of Christianity is crumbling! No wonder Christians hold so fast to this myth... Let us now, without any preconceived ideas, try to define, or re-define, what is "Sin" or "error" or wrong" or "mistake" or whatever other name one may choose to give it. My definition of "SIN" is: The intentional or unintentional, conscious or unconscious, violation of the unwritten laws of Creation that govern our lives and our relationship with other humans and mother Nature. I imply that there are certain "specifications" or "laws" that govern our nature. If we step out of these "specifications", knowingly or unknowingly, intentionally or unintentionally, this causes disharmony and there will be negative consequences for the "transgressor" and others, in the here and now. These negative consequences are what theologians would have us consider as God's "punishment" for our disobedience! In my opinion, in order to make sense when we are talking about "sin" or error, we must first get rid of the old idea of "disobedience" of a God separate from us, and we must also get rid of the idea of "punishment". First of all, though, if humanity is to survive self-destruction, we must learn about our "specifications". Moreover, we must get rid of the idea of a separate God out there who requires us to obey His commandments or else... We must also get rid of the fear of punishment, grow into adulthood and get on with our main job: learn about the unwritten laws that govern our nature, i.e. our "specifications", and "tune" into them. If, however, people insist on having a religion, I believe this should be The Religion of the future: to teach people about our "specifications", always in relation to fellow humans and Nature. E.g. why is anger a "sin"? Because it is not good for one's health; because when one is angry, the gall bladder reacts in an abnormal way, producing so and so harmful chemicals, etc. (doctors must come into it). Some say that a person could commit an act that is objectively wrong or illegal, but this might still not be a 'sin'. They believe that it is the subjective aspect of the act that can make it a sin. In other words, it is the knowing and the intention that will classify a certain act as sin or not. Although there is truth in this, I won't elaborate, as my intention is not to indulge in the old conventional "morality" and concept of "sin" and "punishment" - whether by God or human courts - but in a the concept of cause and effect. So, then, why killing even accidentally is a "sin", even if Justice pleads someone innocent? Because even a child might find it difficult to wipe out of his/her imagination and forget the accidental killing he/she committed; one might even be unable to forgive oneself for cutting short another person's life, causing immense grief to the victim's relatives, etc. And even if consciously the child might not be able to evaluate the action itself, how little do we know about what might be going on in the child's subconscious mind, and what the implications will be for his/her future? And how little do we know about the suffering of a soul that was separated from its body in a violent way... If someone was unaware of the danger and jumped down from the second floor of a building, the same has committed a "sin" against himself. There will be negative consequences. Ignorance of the sovereign law of gravity will not diminish the damage. But even for inanimate objects the law of cause and effect is true: If the specification of a certain car's engine is to run on petrol and the owner puts accidentally diesel in it, then the engine will suffer damage. So then, the law of cause and effect is merciless. The violation of our "specifications" has always negative consequences. And, of course, we should stop trying to define those consequences - the effect of our actions - in terms of punishment either by God or by human courts. And some more food for thought: If we assume that the entire Creation is inseparable from God, i.e. that the Universe is, most probably, the manifestation of an evolving "God", then when a little part of the Whole suffers, the entire Body suffers. The difference is only in the degree of suffering...