(June 9, 2020 at 9:48 am)Johanabrahams Wrote:(June 6, 2020 at 5:32 pm)Sal Wrote: So do you then agree that before they ate the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge that they did not know good from evil, because they were innocent?
They were disobedient.
Gen. 2
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
They believed the "serpent" that God lied. And they decided to go with the serpents words against the warning of God. To be "gods" and having knowledge was just too "good" to ignore.
Gen. 3
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it waspleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat
You didn't answer my question. Seems to be a staple of yours.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman