A small portion from my new book

The Tree of Knowledge

This is a small portion of the book that I have been working on about Christianity. Even this small portion is not what I want it to be nor is it "cleaned and polished" as some of my book already is. I share this unfinished portion now because of the need to have people think and understand the foundations of the major world religions and WHY they are harmful to the mind and consciousness of humanity.

Any feedback on this would be appreciated. Thanks!

John

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The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

It is common knowledge that the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil lies at the very foundation of the monotheistic religions of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Regardless of the various interpretations there is no dispute – that at this Tree the whole of these religions are founded. Yet there is one extremely important fact which is repeatedly overlooked in the understanding of this doctrine. These Old Testament scriptures unquestionably - yet subtly - proclaims that unrestricted knowledge was to be withheld from mankind and the only "true" knowledge is that which is confined to what God authorizes.

From a non-religious perspective it seems clear that, according to the Old Testament, God created the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and placed it in the garden of Eden where all of the other "good" trees were for eating of its fruits. God created it and yet did not want mankind to eat from it. Why? For the moment try to forget that this was, according to the New Testament, the beginning of God's plan of salvation, saving humankind from their Fall. Try to forget that it was the Serpent that tempted Eve. Even try to forget that it was the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Let's just think about the Tree of Knowledge itself. It was the Tree of Knowledge. Knowledge.

Regardless if you believe in these scriptures or not, these passages clearly prohibit and condemn the acquiring of knowledge. Yet even further, in essence, what these texts suggest is the prohibition of thinking. It attributes the process of human thinking as something that Evil tempts you to do. Think for yourself. The act of thinking is the acquiring of knowledge. We learn more and know more by the act of thinking. Yet knowledge is looked upon as something that is initially controlled by God and that God warns man not to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge, that is, to have man gain his own knowledge through thinking for themselves. The knowledge that God wants man to have is the knowledge that He dictates, not what man himself/herself dictates (according to the scriptures). The Serpent, the one prompting Eve to think for herself, is viewed here as the Tempter, the Deceiver, and ultimately interpreted as Satan, Lucifer, the Devil, the Dragon, and the Evil One.

Let's shine some light on this and turn it around now. From a non-Christian perspective the Bible is at best errant and contradictory. I personally believe that it is also be the most brilliantly constructed set of psychological documents in human history. The Bible, in my opinion, is a series of mind-control documents that were created by incredibly knowledgeable men for the precise purpose of manipulating mankind and controlling the minds and knowledge of the world.

Look at Genesis 3 again. Think not from the perspective that God is dictating anything or that even Adam and Eve existed. Think now for a moment that the Old Testament is man-made, not divinely inspired. The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil takes on a new light. It becomes the control factor of billions of people. How? By creating a "divine world-view" and telling all of its adherents that Knowledge is to be restricted to "His Knowledge" or devotion to "Orthodox teaching". To lay out in the beginning that man is NOT to gain knowledge on his own, but to rely only on that which the Bible-God says to rely on. Men and women are NOT to think on their own terms, to attain knowledge and wisdom upon what they believe is best for themselves, but only what God says is best for them. Obtaining knowledge of all that is "good" and all that is "evil" on mankind's own volition is Evil. This "eating of the tree of knowledge" by Adam and Eve was the "fall of mankind". We have become corrupt, sinful, deluded, and immoral by eating of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Thus, this sets all of humanity in a position to be completely dependent on the "knowledge of God" derived from the Old and New Testaments, since our "minds have been darkened" and the wisdom of God is now "foolishness to men". We are set in a system of control so amazing and so "fearfully and wonderfully made" that we cannot think now outside of this system because we cannot understand the "things of God" on our own. We must rely now on God's Word and its interpretation by the Elders of His Church to teach us His Truth. If we question it, we are rebelling against the knowledge of God. If we question it, we are doing what Eve did in the Garden – think for herself and seek knowledge not based on God's dictates (according to the scriptures).

[Another thing to remember is that this is the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil - this again, is very sublte control, because it states that the knowledge to be had is either Good or is Evil. One of the best ways to manipulate a mass of people is to give them two oppositing forces to believe in, neither of which are what they are. This is literally a magic trick. A good magician makes the audience concentrate on two objects while the real trick is going on somewhere else, the focus is drawn away from the real issue. You create two opposing forces and do not give them any other options. We are suckers for battles. The battle between good and evil. If there is no actual good or evil, but only what we are made to believe or think (it only has power if we give it power, it only exists if we believe it exists) then we are stuck with a foundational premise of viewing the world that is controlled with two "opposing forces" that don't even exist.]

From the very beginning uncontrolled knowledge (knowledge outside the confines of the bible, that is, knowledge that is not specifically approved by God) is a temptation, it is a deception, it is evil. Knowledge, and thus the process of thinking, must be controlled by God for our own protection – for our own good, because we are weak creatures. In the beginning God called man "very good". Yet, not good enough to allow man to truly think for himself. He needed to be restricted from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. He was commanded not to eat thereof. Adam, though "very good" and very appealing to God in the beginning, wasn't good enough to have access to all knowledge. The knowledge of good and evil was bad for Adam. Why? Because if Adam had knowledge he would become like God himself, the ability to think for himself freely.

"God" was the first Freethinker, yet, according to these texts he did not want mankind to have knowledge and to think according to this knowledge. In truth, God forbid man to think for himself. This, of course, is not true in reality, but according to the Old Testament it is. Thus the condemnation and guilt of mankind came from taking in knowledge and thinking for themselves. It makes the act of thinking and knowledge "evil". At the very bedrock of the worlds "great" religions is Thought (or Mind) Control.

Knowledge is power. Thus all independent thinking and the seeking of wisdom on our own (outside of this god) is welded into our conscious and subconscious minds as coming from the "Evil One". Even if we seek to think for ourselves and reject the teachings and gods of these religions there is the deep programming, the deep indoctrination that says to us that we have gone the way of the Serpent. The Mind Control program is still at work.

So the work has been accomplished quite amazingly according to plan. The majority of mankind is gripped by a fundamental mind control system that cannot be seen or understood by most. The easiest way to control the world is to control the thinking of mankind. How do you control the thinking of mankind? Just look at the religions that hold up the Tree of Knowledge at its beginning and you will see. Programming genius. Those who created these texts knew exactly how to use Thought Reform on the minds of men, for they have been successful in reforming the thought processes of trillions of men, women and children and controlling the knowledge and the reality of mankind for thousands of years. This is why the evolution of humanity is governed directly by these religions. We can speak of world consciousness, peace, and the evolution of humanity's consciousness all we like, but without being deprogrammed from this Mind Control there is no hope. As long as our minds are programmed and conditioned to accept these lies, humanity is forever bound to darkness and control.