(July 25, 2014 at 7:00 pm)ShaMan Wrote: If they had no knowledge of good and evil (since they hadn't yet eaten of the tree of that fruit), then they shouldn't be held to account for the 'evil' act of disobeying god, since they had no knowledge that it was evil. Furthermore, all subsequent decedents should likewise not have to bear the penalty for a 'sin' since sin is committed with the knowledge of evil (which neither Adam nor Eve had prior to 'sinning' by eating the fruit).
That really wouldn’t matter even if it were true but the text never says that Adam and Eve were incapable of knowing good from evil prior to eating from “The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil”. They were given life by God prior to eating from “The Tree of Life” after all.