(July 24, 2014 at 3:50 pm)Tonus Wrote: If they were used to doing as they were told,Why would they do as they're told?
Quote:God warned Adam against eating of the fruit from the tree of knowledge, telling him that to do so would mean death. The serpent tells Eve that this won't happen, but that they'll gain additional insight. At this point the fruit of the tree becomes desirable to Eve, and she is able to convince Adam to eat as well.No, Eve did not convince Adam. Further, we;re told in the NT that Eve was deceived, but Adam wasn't. Adam knew what he was doing.
When god confronts them over their actions, their explanation amounts to "someone else told me to do this, so I did it." It fits the pattern-- the concept of obeying a command overrides everything else, because they do not have the judgment necessary to determine that an action is right or wrong. The lesson in Genesis is that only god can determine right and wrong, and he deserves unquestioning obedience... whether you understand his demands or not.