"Original Sin" An investigation into knowledge juxtaposing verses from Genesis and thoughts about knowledge from some of the great minds. Quotes and Passages - And the serpent said unto the woman, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. - Genesis 3:4-5 All men by nature desire to know. - Aristotle ------------------ Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But thou shalt not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. - Geneses 3:17 I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious. - Albert Einstein ------------------ She took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate. - Genesis 3:6 I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei ------------------ Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. - Genesis 3:1 Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand. - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.