Skyworld: Similarities Between The Bible And The Tree Of Knowledge

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Both stories start off with a sacred tree, but the trees in both stories are sacred for two different reasons. In Skyworld, the tree is the bearer of the land, everyone can eat it fruits that it gives but they absolutely cannot touch the trees roots otherwise it may hurt it, since the tree is the main resource for food on Skyworld; everyone respects this great privilege except for one. In the Bible the Garden of Eden contained two different trees, one was the Tree of Knowledge, if one was to eat the fruits from this tree they would have the ability to have knowledge and experience and the other tree was the Tree of Life which granted immortality but God commanded Adam and Eve to never eat the fruits from the Tree of Knowledge. But temptation

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