To say that they ate of the fruit that pertained knowledge isn`t quite right.They ate of the fruit that had the knowledge of good and evil.They weren`t stupid they just didn`t have evil in their lives.By this forbidden fruit they could understand ,see evil,wickness was entered into a sinless being don`t you agree?
2007-03-07 14:18:05 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Tribble-I agree
LineDanc-very good answer.
Anomaly-thank you for your thoughts.
G L Sigma3-thanks for your thoughts and I agree .
2007-03-07 14:48:01 · update #1
The forbidden fruit was just like every other tree in the Garden of Eden, except that God told Adam & Eve not to eat from it. That particular tree represented Adam & Eve's opportunity to exercise free will. It represented the option to disobey God, which they did. No one forced them and no, God didn't create them to do that. He wanted them to choose obedience! They didn't, and their actions brought the consequence of sin and death into mankind. Before this occurred, they were sinless. Other than Jesus while he was on earth, Adam & Eve are the only ones to, at least for a time, be able to make that claim.
2007-03-07 14:25:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Whether our first parents ate a piece of fruit from a forbidden tree does not matter. What matters is that they sinned.
The tree of good and evil symbolically evokes the insurmountable limits that man, being a creature must freely recognize and respect with trust. Man is dependent on his Creator and subject to the laws of creation and to the moral norms that govern the use of freedom.
Catechism of Catholic Church 396
2007-03-07 14:28:46 · answer #2 · answered by Marg 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tree of knowledge of good and evil -
To know good and evil, in different parts of Scripture, means such knowledge and discretion as leads a person to understand what is fit and unfit, what is not proper to be done and what should be performed.
But how could the acquisition of such a faculty be a sin? Or can we suppose that such a faculty could be wanting when man was in a state of perfection?
To this it may be answered: The prohibition was intended to exercise this faculty in man that it should constantly teach him this moral lesson, that there were some things fit and others unfit to be done, and that in reference to this point the tree itself should be both a constant teacher and monitor. The eating of its fruit would not have increased this moral faculty, but the prohibition was intended to exercise the faculty he already possessed.
2007-03-07 14:58:24 · answer #3 · answered by Ask Mr. Religion 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depending on your translation and whether or not your reading out of orthodox or non orthodox scriptures. The fruit was from the tree of knowledge and prior to the consumption you could consider them ignorant of good and evil. However one must wonder if their actions prior to it were deemed non-evil simply for their ignorance. Christianity states ignorance is not an excuse, so who knows. However one must wonder at a God who is omniscient and choose to test its creation fully knowing the outcome, to me it simply seems like a poorly thought out storyline due to the inexperience of writers of the period.
2007-03-07 14:28:52 · answer #4 · answered by desinence 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yea. They knew all good from God, but when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit (it wasn't just her fault), they knew evil too, and realized that it was better not to know. Classic case of you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
2007-03-07 14:25:43 · answer #5 · answered by GLSigma3 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No the original sin has nothing to do with produce. The original sin was Eve having sex with satan. Whickh produced cain the first murderer,and the kenites,most of which are called jews today.
2007-03-07 15:43:13 · answer #6 · answered by dispesational7 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The fruit was TRUTH. Sure Adam and Eve were happy in the Garden doing everything that the Lord told them to do (like little sheep).
You cannot have good without evil.
2007-03-07 14:24:31 · answer #7 · answered by mesquitemachine 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Hey greenie did you know that it was Satan who was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. And she did eat. Now think about that.
2007-03-07 14:30:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes but it also showed the flawed nature of man in comparisson to GOD.
GOD is allknowing and does not sin. Man was righteous before GOD and chose to disobey thereby sinning and causing humanity as a whole the grief of sin.
2007-03-07 14:22:17 · answer #9 · answered by Tribble Macher 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No. That tree represented Jehovah's right to decide good and evil. By eating from a tree that did not belong to them, Adam and Eve chose to decide for themselves what was good and what was evil instead of leaving it up to their Creator and Life-giver.
2007-03-07 14:24:04 · answer #10 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋