why didnt satan tempt Adam?why didnt Adam stand up for his wife?why did Adam take & eat the fruit from Eve?when he was explicitly told not to?
2007-11-18 14:37:51 · 45 answers · asked by bravo 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, WHO WAS WITH HER, and he ate it.
2007-11-18 14:59:28 · update #1
Adam would be the only one who could tell for sure, but I think He too was listening to what the snake had to say. Satan can be extremely cunning and is good at knowing how to capture the attention. I think he set his sights on Eve instead of Adam because he knew she was more apt to try it. He knew her weaknesses. Adam didn't stop her because I think by the time the serpent was done talking, he wanted to see if what he had said was true. Since Eve didn't drop dead when she ate the fruit, he figured he would give it a go too.
EDIT: for those who say Adam wasn't there
Genesis 3:6 "...She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it."
2007-11-18 14:43:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋
Annie - wow I just read this a month ago in bible study and said the same thing. I said I think Adam had to make a choice (not God or Eve) but to either join Eve or loose her because they both did not "understand" one another. She saw things differently and he was "separated" from her. I think he choose to eat it to be with her too. That is when my friend said "Then women are more powerful then they realize." Especially, the 2nd "Eve" Mary. She thinks men try to overshadow this. However, because of this power God put a limitation on Eve."your urge shall be for your husband and he shall be your master." Sucks. Really it's not our fault Adam could just have chosen not to eat the dang fruit!
2007-11-22 13:48:16 · answer #2 · answered by Lisa2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eve had wandered from Adam's side...she was getting restless and bored with Adam's job of naming all of the animals. She was alone when she wandered over to the tree.
Adam did not want to lose his mate, so he willingly took the fruit she offered. He knew that it was wrong--she did too, but had succumbed to the wiles of Satan. Satan brought doubts about God's Word. Even today, all human kind are faced with these kinds of temptations--disobedience to God's Word is called SIN.
2007-11-19 02:18:28 · answer #3 · answered by Jalapinomex 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is actual NO biblical information that Adam had a spouse different than Eve. the thought that "Lilith" replaced into Adam's first spouse comes from a satire. A play. not easily biblical. The play replaced into written in the seventh century, if reminiscence serves. Lilith seems merely as quickly as in the bible. e book of Isaiah, financial ruin 34 verse 14. The call refers to a classification of demons, the "lilitu" who seems as a screetch owl. Refered to as a ghul in Arabic and a lamia in Latin. human beings lore says she is an succubus able to easily getting pregnant by utilising guy and her little ones have been the unique vampires. Her demonic "husband" is Samael. concept to be the actually call for the single we generally call devil, meaning accuser and is not a recognition in any respect. There have in no way been any biblical references to lilith being a individual. Even the ineffective Sea Scrolls, the oldest customary biblical scrolls we've, reference lilith as a monster. not a individual.
2016-10-01 03:29:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because Adam was having a few beers with the talking snake. It's as believable as the whole Garden of Eden story.
2007-11-19 19:25:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh darling, you have just opened up a large wound in all men and women. The most interesting thing about the story of creation is not that it happenED but that it happenS! it happens over and over again every day. In you, and in me. You are right. Adam was right there. and he remained silent. When he should have stood up and fought for Eve and God, he was a coward....
If you really want to know more about this event i would encourage you to read The Silence of Adam by Dr. Crabbs.
2007-11-18 15:14:55 · answer #6 · answered by adorrablelil1 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I think that Eve knew that she wouldn't be able to have children until after partaking of the fruit. Adam may have been right by her side, but he wouldn't have been able to see the wisdom in giving up innocence for posterity. It parallels a child's growth and their inability to procreate until after reaching an age of accountability at which point they are expected to understand the consequences associated with having children. Adam was told that he would die if he ate the fruit. He wasn't able to die up until then.
Let the thumbs down begin!
2007-11-18 20:57:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
it was because they had the free will to choose form what is good and evil,therefore it was not up to adam to choose for eve she had the free will
2007-11-20 20:01:09 · answer #8 · answered by the bright side of life 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're forgetting about the talking snake. Eve had a talking snake, and the snake kept saying to her "Here have a pesh" but she knew what he meant.
Eventually she did have a peach -- and Adam was not amused.
She never should have kept that snake as a pet, she should have returned it to the wild.
2007-11-18 14:50:22 · answer #9 · answered by Saint Nearly 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Satan loves women...
2007-11-19 05:44:52 · answer #10 · answered by EternalLilith 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋