RE: Plantinga's "Free Will" defense contradicts Christianity
February 7, 2020 at 3:20 pm
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2020 at 3:21 pm by John 6IX Breezy.)
The tree is said to represent the knowledge of good and evil, but it is also ambiguous as to what that means.
Even if taken at its most extreme interpretation, knowing something is wrong isn't required in order to not do it. We don't put our hand on the stove not because it's wrong but because it's hot. Not wanting to die is sufficient for avoiding the fruit, whether or not they knew it was wrong.
I personally view the knowledge of tree as representing experiential knowledge rather than semantic knowledge, but it doesn't matter.
Even if taken at its most extreme interpretation, knowing something is wrong isn't required in order to not do it. We don't put our hand on the stove not because it's wrong but because it's hot. Not wanting to die is sufficient for avoiding the fruit, whether or not they knew it was wrong.
I personally view the knowledge of tree as representing experiential knowledge rather than semantic knowledge, but it doesn't matter.
