# Hijack of Tree of Knowledge thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 27, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-of-tree-of-knowledge-thread/980497 "2023-02-27T18:41:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-of-tree-of-knowledge-thread/980497/21 "2023-02-28T22:23:34Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > There is the ‘we’ god in Genesis. So plural. _“We are not amused.”_ So, royal. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-of-tree-of-knowledge-thread/980497/22 "2023-03-03T13:48:09Z")
Somewhere I heard a story that the snake bumped Eve into the tree so that she’d learn that she could touch it and not die. And if that part of what God said was untrue, then… Does this sound familiar to anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-of-tree-of-knowledge-thread/980497/23 "2023-03-03T19:06:23Z")
Innocent Eve found herself beguiled by _a snake_. There must be some symbolism of some sort going on there. The text does not inform us of how many eyes it had. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hijack-of-tree-of-knowledge-thread/980497.md?page=1)