How would Adam & Eve know that disobedience was bad if they did not have knowledge of good or evil until ?

Question

after they ate the fruit?

Answer 1

Since this couple had no childhood from which to learn, it's pretty amazing they could even understand what either God or Satan were talking about.
If they were somehow taught a language, doesn't every language have a multitude of words referring to the positive or negative aspects of any given action? If this is true, wouldn't this indicate that they already had knowledge of
" good and evil" that was taught to them by God?
How could God instruct them about rules if they had no understanding of the concepts of right and wrong?

Answer 2

Bandycat5,

Any answer I render regarding biblical stories is modified by both my studies in religion and psychology.
Therefore I recognize most of the bible as either allegory or just plain tall tales.

Consequently, any discussion about Adam and Eve or just how many angels can dance on the head of an 18th century English ‘pin’ are, to me, superfluous.

There may be some useful allegory in many of the biblical stories but the main one in the Adam and Eve story is the admonition regarding the accumulation of knowledge. This is prima facie verification that the early church recognized knowledge as its mortal enemy. The church was, of course, correct in this fear.

Adam and Eve, Moses and even Jesus were almost certainly apocryphal and I am constantly surprised at the number of supposedly educated people who have not figured that out. The research is available for anyone who cares even a little about their particular religious fantasy.

Answer 3

There was something unique about Adam and Eve's entrance into this world. They were not born. They were created as adults. Jehovah God put them in a garden called Eden where they had all the comforts of home. No doubt God taught them many things as any Father would do with his children. God gave Adam and Eve the capacity to discern between right and wrong. He would not have tested their loyalty to him if he had not thoroughly trained them first. The tree of the Knowledge of God and Evil represented God's right to determine what was right and what was wrong. All Adam and Eve had to do was to leave that one tree alone. They both knew the full consequences of disobeying God's command not to eat from the tree. Still they chose to disregard a direct order. By eating the forbidden fruit, they decided for themselves what was good and evil instead of leaving that up to their Lawgiver, Jehovah. The mistake was theirs, NOT God's.

Answer 4

In life we are warned not to do things and we are told the consequences, So did God warn Adam and Eve.

Answer 5

God specifically told them not to eat from the tree of good and evil. They chose to disobey God, because they believed satan's lie that God is a tyrannical Father instead of a loving, caring Father. God bless.

Answer 6

They couldn't.
So let's use the words of Jesus:
Forgive them for they do not know.....

Answer 7

ignorance of the law is no excuse, young lady!