{"id":1189,"date":"2021-10-14T16:15:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T23:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=1189"},"modified":"2021-10-15T17:43:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T00:43:17","slug":"by-their-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2021\/10\/14\/by-their-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"By Their Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

By Their Fruit<\/strong><\/p>\n

So the story
\nis that
\nThe Creator
\nplanted a
\nbeautiful garden
\nfor his two
\nadult children,
\nAdam and Eve,<\/p>\n

with gorgeous
\nflowers and
\nfruitbearing trees,
\nincluding one
\nwith especially
\nluscious
\nfruit
\nthe two
\nwere forbidden
\nto eat.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you disobey,\u201d
\nhe said,
\n\u201cyou\u2019ll learn the
\ndifference
\nbetween
\ngood and evil,
\nbecause
\nI\u2019ll throw
\nyou out of
\nthe garden
\nand you will
\ndie.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy?
\nBecause I said so.\u201d<\/p>\n

Entire
\nworld religions
\nhave been built
\naround this
\ntale,
\nbulging with
\nthe muscle of
\n\u201cbecause I said so.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s mid-morning
\non a coffee and
\ncinnamon roll
\nSaturday.<\/p>\n

I hear a knock
\non my door.
\nI open it to
\nfind a pair
\nof bright-eyed
\nyoung men in
\nbusiness attire.<\/p>\n

They hand me
\na tract
\non which
\nis printed
\n\u201cGod Loves You.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso,\u201d one of them
\nsays, smiling,
\n\u201cwe have some
\nluscious fruit
\nfor you.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,
\nthank you,\u201d
\nI say,
\n\u201cI\u2019ve had
\nmy fill
\nof
\nthat fruit.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Photo by Katherine Hood)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  By Their Fruit So the story is that The Creator planted a beautiful garden for his two adult children, Adam and Eve, with gorgeous flowers and fruitbearing trees, including one with especially luscious fruit the two were forbidden to eat. \u201cIf you disobey,\u201d he said, \u201cyou\u2019ll learn the difference between good and evil, because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t