Satan Disproves Christianity

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Genesis 3:4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened

Genesis 3:22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

The part about when they die is interesting, in that some Bible translations (later ones?) remove the words "the day" in order to let god off the hook. If god is quoted telling Adam "if you eat, you will die" and the serpent is quoted telling Eve "you won't die" then all is well for the believer, as long as he accepts the new wording and rejects the old. (Or adds to the story in order to fill the holes in it, see Drich's reply above.)

But the serpent also tells Eve that two things would happen: her "eyes would be opened" and she would "be like god, knowing good and evil." In the following passages we're told that this is exactly what happens. Additionally, we discover that their eternal life was not inherent; they relied on the Tree of Life for their continued existence. Once access to that was cut off, they were doomed.

That last part is counter to the idea that they had 'an immortal life.' They never did. Their 'mortality clock' was always counting down-- only eating from the Tree of Life would reset it. God had them on a very tight leash, and when they disobeyed he yanked it very hard. This is god's version of free will; you're free to choose to do as you wish, but remember that only I have the antidote to the poison that is slowly killing you.