A Very Interesting Comparison

Adam and Eve were given a choice whether or not to eat the forbidden fruit. God forbade them to eat the fruit from the Tree of Life. Adam was hesitant, while Eve was clearly willing to eat the fruit. Even went ahead and ate the fruit, she then, convinced Adam to do so as well. Adam ate the fruit as well, and they were banished from the Kingdom of God.

               

                             This summarized tale of Adam and Eve is found in Genesis, the beginning of the extinction of man. This has been the case in the Old Testament. Clearly, they were both given the choice and the free will to decide for them whether they will do so or not. They chose to eat the fruit, and this has caused man to sin. Why am I saying all these? As a comparison, the forbidden fruit is the Divorce bill, whereas Adam is the husband, eve is the wife, and God is God himself. In our society during the present times, the women are the ones who are willing and who are convincing the masses to eat the forbidden fruit or, in this case, to legalize divorce in the Philippines. What’s odd is that it is truly applicable and truly comparable to the story of Adam and Eve. In the story God stands as the Church and the strong belief in banishment from the Kingdom once a couple commits sin. The “sin” that was being talked about is Divorce. If Eve did not eat the forbidden fruit, man would not be extinct right now, she has fuelled the evolution of man and man’s original sin or we can look upon it as man’s urge to discover life. As of right now, the society views divorce as a moral sin, a grave sin that is not meant to be legalized because of the strong beliefs of the Church. The Church believes in the sanctity of marriage and of all of its sacraments. The Church believes that if a couple results to divorce; they will be committing a moral sin and will be punished for it for the rest of their lives. For the rest of their lives, they will suffer and they will be “banished” from the Church and from the Kingdom of God (figuratively).

               

                        I myself am against divorce, but upon looking at different comments of people and through personal friends that are going through a tough marriage (some of them are forced into it, actually) I have thought about it and I think that Divorce is a very pro-choice law. It solely depends on the couple if they will result to Divorce in order to fix their problems. It is merely a use of the man’s ability to discover the world as a big picture that is meant to be analyzed and to be interpreted. God, in the end, forgave Adam and Eve, this is the case in all of the stories in the Bible. There is a presence of forgiveness. Of course, man should not be lax because there is always forgiveness, what I am saying is that God loves each and everyone of us and I believe that it is only the Church who dictates to us what is exactly in the Bible, but our relationship with God is more than just written messages from the old and new testament, it is all about forgiveness and all about choice and being a good servant of God.

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