Garden of Eden

You know when you are having a conversation with someone and can't think of the right thing to say? Then 10 minutes, or one day later you think of the perfect response? I've decided to start posting these, under the theory that if it was a good thing to say then, it's probably good to say now too. This is my first installment (I'm sure there will be MANY more).

When I was at work a while ago a customer mentioned reading something about a tree somewhere in Saudi Arabia. Apparently some Muslims believe this to be the tree that we originally ate from in the Garden of Eden - the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. For those unfamiliar with the story read it here. Muslim pilgrims sometimes go to this site to see the tree and it is surrounded by a fence so that no one eats the fruit.

One of my co-workers was raised in the church but is now agnostic. She thought this was hilarious.

"Imagine if someone were to sneak past the fence and eat one of the fruits! We'd have to do it all over again! We'd need another savior!"

I remember my real response being something along the lines of it probably not being the real tree (brilliant reasoning there). But here's what I thought of 5 minutes too late:

"I've eaten from that tree every day of my life and I'll never need another savior."

Why do I always think of these things too late? Anyway, for more please go here, especially verses 20-28.