
In the Beginning*
Data Over Dogma
The Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge
Trees were symbols of life because a tree needed water to grow. When they're, when their foliage is out, they are indications that there are resources to sustained life somewhere nearby. And so frequently trees were associated with worship in Mesopotamia and elsewhere. So we're still pulling from kind of the broader sociocultural matrix. We're just kind of making it our own in this story.
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