I have yet to see a dog apologize for stealing another dog's bone, same goes for squirrels with their nuts, etc.Perhaps it is simple. Humans have the capacity to lie, fake things. Animals are more honest.
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I have yet to see a dog apologize for stealing another dog's bone, same goes for squirrels with their nuts, etc.Perhaps it is simple. Humans have the capacity to lie, fake things. Animals are more honest.
.............So, are you saying that Eve was the one who made the silly decision that she wasn't content in paradise? And that Adam's decision was based upon his desire not to want to live without Eve? .....................
I am pretty sure you are speaking in general about what someone would do or would not do. Anyway, either way, whether you were or were not, it is clear that God gave Adam and Eve free choice as to whether they would listen to God in the form of obeying (respecting) Him. It takes a while to understand I think that respect and obey can have different modules to it. So they had to love both God and the life He gave them. Obviously Adam rebelled because he was upset that Eve was going to die. And so he figured he'd hold it against God by killing himself as well.
Sorry for both if I misread you. Please forgive me for this blunder as I now know I conflated you with someone else.
Eve kept on looking at the forbidden fruit ' seeing ' that it was good.
Perhaps she noticed by observing animals eating from fallen fruit and saw they did Not die.
Remember: the fruit was Not poisonous but forbidden to Adam and Eve.
Instead of consulting Adam then Eve chose to be her own goddess in knowing what was right and what was wrong.
Since Adam believed God was right about the death penalty, then Adam deliberately chose to accept the forbidden fruit from wife Eve and knowing the dire consequences chose to die with her.
I'm not sure I'm following you, DD. I figure A&E may have taken life for granted and did not appreciate what they had been given. They didn't ask for life. (Neither did any of us.) I think it's a good question you ask. Eve was different from Adam. She fell for Satan's deceptive reasoning, because he knew if she did what God said not to do she would die. I'm sure of that. And that he attacked Eve before Adam I believe he also knew that would hurt Adam. I look at life now and realize the wonderful, fabulous aspects of it. I want to keep living. But I know death looms before me. Even before I realized God's promises of everlasting life in a paradise I hated the idea that we would have to die some day. Although I had no faith and did not understand the Bible, I still did not want to die. Not sure I'm answering your question. They saw life. And evidently God visited them on a regular basis. They knew He gave them life. So I guess life is intermingled with the being of God. Jesus said he is the life. John 14:6 - "Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."Okay, let's back up a little bit. You said, "So they had to love both God and the life He gave them." So, then why didn't both A&E love God and the life he gave them? Remeber what the two scriptures that I sited in the OP of my other thread said: 1 Corinthians 13:8 NIV - Love never fails. But where there are - Bible Gateway and Romans 8:38-39 NIV - For I am convinced that neither death - Bible Gateway.
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But that was not God's claim. God said "On that day you will die". They did not die. God knew that they would not die. God lied in the myth.Eve kept on looking at the forbidden fruit ' seeing ' that it was good.
Perhaps she noticed by observing animals eating from fallen fruit and saw they did Not die.
Remember: the fruit was Not poisonous but forbidden to Adam and Eve.
Instead of consulting Adam then Eve chose to be her own goddess in knowing what was right and what was wrong.
Since Adam believed God was right about the death penalty, then Adam deliberately chose to accept the forbidden fruit from wife Eve and knowing the dire consequences chose to die with her.
I know. Either for ego or for power. Some claim to be representatives of a God.Ever wonder why?
Why should they? In their culture it is their responsibility to safe-guard their possessions, food or females.I have yet to see a dog apologize for stealing another dog's bone, same goes for squirrels with their nuts, etc.
I'm not sure I'm following you, DD. I figure A&E may have taken life for granted and did not appreciate what they had been given.
They didn't ask for life. (Neither did any of us.)
I think it's a good question you ask.
Eve was different from Adam. She fell for Satan's deceptive reasoning, because he knew if she did what God said not to do she would die. I'm sure of that. And that he attacked Eve before Adam I believe he also knew that would hurt Adam.
Not sure I'm answering your question. They saw life. And evidently God visited them on a regular basis. They knew He gave them life. So I guess life is intermingled with the being of God. Jesus said he is the life. John 14:6 - "Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
So are you saying that animals may have eaten fallen fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil? Because I have never heard of that hypothesis before.
But why didn't Eve's love for God prevent her from doing that? And... did she even have love for God?
So, why didn't Adam's love for God prevent him from doing that? And... did he even have love for God?
Then you are supporting the case that F1fan is arguing either in this thread or the other one, or both. Also, how could A&E take life for granted and not appreciate what they had been given? Was there a flaw in their emotions or their mental faculties?
But isn't that beside the point? Every intelligent being in the universe was given life and didn't ask for it.
But still, according to scripture, love never fails and there's not anything in all creation that will be able to separate [God's children] from the love of God. Therefore, why did A&E's love for God fail? Or, did they even have love for God? And if not, then why?
So, then I would say that they really didn't have a reason not to love and appreciate God. However, the Genesis story seems to make it real easy for A&E to not love God and to rebel against him.
Right, it is wrong for women to do anything without asking men (Adam was not yet Eve's husband, they had yet not eaten the fruit).Eve's love was weak, because instead of consulting Adam first she set herself up as being her own goddess.
Remember we don't know how long Adam was a single man before Eve.
It would have taken Adam a long time to complete his God-given assignment found at Genesis 2:19-20.
Then, we don't know how long Adam and Eve were together before sinning.
Today we see animals eat fallen fruit and they don't die from eating it. (Genesis 3:6)
Satan could have put the idea in Eve's head that if nothing happened to an animal that nothing would happen to her.
Remember it says that Eve ' saw ' the fruit was good for eating. She ' saw ' by observation.
Eve's love was weak, because instead of consulting Adam first she set herself up as being her own goddess.
Yes, BIG question why didn't Adam's love for God hold him back from listening to Eve.
Remember we don't know how long Adam was a single man before Eve.
It would have taken Adam a long time to complete his God-given assignment found at Genesis 2:19-20.
Then, we don't know how long Adam and Eve were together before sinning.
As to why Adam chose Eve over his God, perhaps when Abel is resurrected he might have some answers for us.
Then you are supporting the case that F1fan is arguing either in this thread or the other one, or both. Also, how could A&E take life for granted and not appreciate what they had been given? Was there a flaw in their emotions or their mental faculties?
But isn't that beside the point? Every intelligent being in the universe was given life and didn't ask for it.
But still, according to scripture, love never fails and there's not anything in all creation that will be able to separate [God's children] from the love of God. Therefore, why did A&E's love for God fail? Or, did they even have love for God? And if not, then why?
No problem.