(June 12, 2020 at 12:23 am)Johanabrahams Wrote:(June 9, 2020 at 10:17 am)Sal Wrote: You didn't answer my question. Seems to be a staple of yours.
You just didn't understand the answer. They knew God said they should not eat of that tree. The knew the right thing to do that they can eat of all the trees. And they knew wrong that they should not eat of the tree of Knowledge. Desire comes in when you want to do something that you know you should not do. They enjoyed looking at the tree to eat the fruit that they knew God said they should not eat. Because then they would be dead. They desired something they should not do.
You don't want to answer if Adam & Eve were innocent or not (and you still haven't) because you know deep inside that it's a catch-22.
For them to know about good & evil, they would first have to eat of the Tree of Knowledge for them to know that it was wrong. You play around this little piece of logic in an desperate and foolhardy attempt to dodge that.
In short, God could've put that tree on Mars, making it inaccessible, but because God's a dick he put it right in front of them in the Garden of Eden. Or so the story goes.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman