Ep 297: Adam, Eve, Batman, and The Joker — The Fall of Mankind

Rafe finally gets around to tackling the third chapter of Genesis, the story of Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden.The serpent is a dastardly character, using his cunning to trip up the child-like and unassuming Eve and Adam.  They get tricked by his chicanery and violate one of God's first assignments: they eat the forbidden fruit.While Adam's and Eve's sins are understandable and relatable (the nature of how they fall into sin is all too familiar to us, even today), the serpent tricking them is far less comprehensible.  What the serpent does to our first parents is not "good for food" or "pleasing to the eye" or "desirable for gaining wisdom"; it is only an act to bring destruction to the pinnacle of God's creation.  Like Joker in the Batman film "The Dark Knight", we find that the serpent in Genesis 3 "just wants to watch the world burn".  #bufnagle #adam #eve #fallofman #genesis3 #forbiddenfruit #treeoflife #treeofknowledgeofgoodandevil #satan #God #eden #sin #nakedness #redemption #expulsionfromthegarden #batman #joker #brucewayne #alfred #darkknight #watchtheworldburn #evilisasevildoes*****As always, you can reach the Buf at [email protected]*****As you know, this is an independent podcast so your hosts also carry all the expenses of running this podcast.  As such, some of you have asked how you can help out.  Well, here's the answer: support us on Buy Me a Coffee:https://buymeacoffee.com/bufnagleOn this page, you can do a really nice thing like send us a couple dollars to help cover the cost of recording and hosting and microphones and research and all that.  Any little bit really helps!  Thank you in advance!!!