The Link between our Society and the Knowledge Tree

Today’s society and environmental crisis can easily be linked to the Tree of Knowledge Story. At first, Adam and Eve are asked by God to eat the food from the gardens as opposed to the one in the knowledge tree. This is a condition they do not respect because they are influenced by the snake (evil) and therefore must bear God’s consequences. This example portrays our society perfectly: We always desire what we don’t have rather than enjoying what we do have. Furthermore, just like Adam and Eve, humans take more than what they need because they seem to never have “enough”. Finally, I feel…