Did God want to enjoy them himself?
2007-03-18 16:12:19 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"What was it that Adam ate that he wasn't supposed to eat? It wasn't just an apple. It was the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The subtle message? 'Get smart and I'll f*** you over' sayeth the Lord. God is the smartest, and he doesn't want any Competition. Is this not an absolutely anti-intellectual religion?"
--Frank Zappa
2007-03-18 16:14:55 · answer #1 · answered by Alex 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As any phscologist will tell you if you never tell a child no he grows up to be selfish and egatistical.
Everything was Adams, his wife, his garden and soon his children. But there had to be some guidelines set when people started to be born or there could be problems.
So God established the right to tell them what to do. that knowledge belonged to God. It wasn't the fruit. It was the power to say who does what. Every day in the afternood God talked to Adam and explained things to him as a loving father. Satan wanted that power over these new creations.
It wasn't enough just to stay on earth and make sure they didn't get hurt. He tricked them into sinning.
Saying: You have no right to tell them what to do let them learn from their mistakes.
The true super powers was between Satan, the creator and his first created son Jesus.
Satan thought if they sin God will let me rule over the earth.
2007-03-18 23:21:06 · answer #2 · answered by Vanessa 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well God used the forbidden fruit as a test to see if adam and eve would obey god, but they ended up eating it so they disobeyed gods command.
2007-03-18 23:22:03 · answer #3 · answered by Lucy Bell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the fruit was forbidden only until Adam and Eve had matured (the fact that they raised their first child to become the first murderer shows they hadn't developed their heart.
That was the fruit of evil, if it wasn't ready to eat, or good once it's matured.
2007-03-18 23:25:40 · answer #4 · answered by wizebloke 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created us as creatures of choice. He won't force himself on us, we have to choose him.
Since we have choice, we had to have different things to choose from, the knowledge of good and evil, (the forbidden fruit) or the tree of life.
We we chose and look what happened.
A footnote. Eve was tempted and gave in to it. Adam made a conscious choice to sin. Every one blames Eve, but you see the difference?
2007-03-18 23:24:33 · answer #5 · answered by Kye H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a story. The fruit from the tree of life represents our quest for knowledge. Does the child always listen to his parent when they are told "NO"? We have to learn for ourselves. I believe that that is the point of Adam and Eve.
2007-03-18 23:22:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To test mans faith with God! Although god knew man would fail the test. His purpose is to allow us our own free will which is why Adam and Eve both were tested and failed.
Eve was tricked but, Adam did it on his own!
2007-03-18 23:17:33 · answer #7 · answered by safetyusa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
this is the reason bible shouldnt be read litterally.the bible just tells us the essence of a bigger picture,not what litterally happened back then,are there any writers with adam and eve back then? the bible tells these stories to say that God did created everything but not exactly as the bible says it. its like saying it in a metaphor to explain the unexplainable.
2007-03-18 23:18:13 · answer #8 · answered by TJ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No the purpose was so that God can keep the forbidden fruit safe and so that no one will use it for evil.
2007-03-18 23:15:05 · answer #9 · answered by Steph1490 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was token decision for Adam to eat them, or obey God.
Adam exercized his free will.
Adam chose poorly.
2007-03-18 23:16:54 · answer #10 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋