If so, what becomes of the on-going debate about free-will? Because if they had full knowledge of G&E (which obviously would've told them NOT to disobey God's command to NOT eat from the tree of knowledge of G&E), and chose to disobey God anyway, freewill becomes a moot point, doesn't it? They would then become responsible solely for their actions w/o benefit of freewill, yes?
Please bear in mind that I just got off a 15 hour shift and am somewhat tired at this point. If my question is not, in your opinion, worded correctly please overlook my shortcoming as best you can and reword it for yourselves. Thank-you.
2007-12-17 09:06:31 · 9 answers · asked by Wired 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Diane M - That is exactly what I'm contending. Thanks for you answer.
2007-12-17 09:25:56 · update #1
pfo- You are exactly right, yet there are those among us who swear that no such malignant being exists who corrupts our nature given the chance.
2007-12-17 13:05:50 · update #2
So it's your contention that a knowledge of good and evil is a prerequisite to free will? An interesting thought, and not one I can comment on reasonably without thinking about it a bit. My knee-jerk reaction is that one can still make choices without that knowledge, but I think we'll both agree that's weak.
Let me consider it for a bit. Good question.
2007-12-17 09:13:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If they already have knowledge of good and evil, eating the fruit wouldn't change anything.
Free will doesn't become a moot point even if your statement is true. There is no "benefit of free will", and everyone is already responsible for their own actions. That's what free will means - it means you can choose whichever action out of the two you want, be it evil are good, and you are responsible for the consequences.
I hope I've answered your question, it seems to me you've left a bit of it out.
2007-12-17 09:18:49 · answer #2 · answered by rozefyre86 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."
You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Adam and Eve knew what will happen to them if they ate the apple. With the Serpent tempting them, they had exercise free will and chose to eat the apple. Yes, they did have knowledge from God but the Devil tricked them.
2007-12-17 09:17:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know, that's a really good question. I guess the only logical conclusion is that, even with full knowledge of good and evil, Adam and Eve still decided to sin. But remember: they were deceived by the serpent (Satan), so perhaps Satan's power is beyond all knowledge of good and evil?
2007-12-17 09:16:06 · answer #4 · answered by Pfo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Adam and Eve were born with free-will. They choose not to obey God. Instead, Eve let Satan (who she didn't know) convince her that God was holding something back. She ate from the tree, got Adam to eat from the tree, and as a result sin entered their life (and then to all of us).
The angels had free-will as well and some of them choose not to obey. Satan is one as well as the angels that came to earth and made nephillum (sp).
We still have free-will today. Do we follow God's laws and principles or not. Our actions and choices result in consequences both good and bad.
2007-12-17 09:12:57 · answer #5 · answered by blt_4 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The reason why there is a huge debate about the bible in general is because a lot of the stuff it talks about is generic and it's not very clear which creates many interpretations and beliefs on what happened and in this case Adam and Eve.
2007-12-17 09:09:40 · answer #6 · answered by Successor 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
with the aid of fact interior the myth after ingesting from the tree, which replaced into fairly a hallucinogenic mushroom depicted in distinctive products of xtian paintings they found out their very own Godliness and no longer mandatory a "God" or authority determine to tell them the thank you to think of. The god says "guy has grow to be as one individuals." hehe
2016-11-03 21:27:49 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam and Eve had two sons. Where did their grandchildren come from. Oh Eve!
2007-12-17 09:11:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
it say's in the bible they learned about good and evil
AFTER eating the forbbiden fruit..not BEFORE....
2007-12-17 09:10:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋