Redundant knowledge!!!

Oak-flat Hunter

Senior Member
If Adam and Eve were placed in the garden with out knowledge. Why did God get so mad at them.When they ate the apple.After all if You don't have the knowledge too make a good decision,Then it's understandable that Your going too fail hummhhh.....Or was it designed for them too fail..It was only after they ate is when they realized they did something wrong..hummhh!! Why didn't God just hide the tree...
 

ambush80

Senior Member
If Adam and Eve were placed in the garden with out knowledge. Why did God get so mad at them.When they ate the apple.After all if You don't have the knowledge too make a good decision,Then it's understandable that Your going too fail hummhhh.....Or was it designed for them too fail..It was only after they ate is when they realized they did something wrong..hummhh!! Why didn't God just hide the tree...


It's a made up story used to illustrate how people are naturally bad. There is no such thing as a talking serpent.
 

VisionCasting

Senior Member
If Adam and Eve were placed in the garden with out knowledge. Why did God get so mad at them.When they ate the apple.After all if You don't have the knowledge too make a good decision,Then it's understandable that Your going too fail hummhhh.....Or was it designed for them too fail..It was only after they ate is when they realized they did something wrong..hummhh!! Why didn't God just hide the tree...

Adam was clearly instructed.

Genesis 2:16&17 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”

Why didn't God just hide the tree...

Freewill. Choice is a necessary component.
 

Achilles Return

Senior Member
Adam was clearly instructed.

Genesis 2:16&17 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”



Freewill. Choice is a necessary component.

You've misunderstood his objection.

If they did not have the "knowledge of good and evil" before they ate from the fruit of the tree, then had no possible faculty for understanding whether or not obedience to god was a "good" action and listening to the temptation of satan was a "bad" action. It's akin to giving a toddler a loaded gun and telling him not to shoot anyone before he knows what the word "shoot" means. Your freewill means nothing, and doesn't come close to being a passable excuse in this objection.

It's a massive logical hole in the judeo-christian creation myth.
 

VisionCasting

Senior Member
You've misunderstood his objection.

No, I did not misunderstand his objection.

It's not necessary that they understood the concepts or good and evil to ascertain whether or not obedience to God was beneficial or not. That's like saying you need to understand Bernoulli's Principle before you fly on a Delta jet.
 

crbrumbelow

Senior Member
They were told not to take of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Its like you telling your child not to touch something hot. YOU know why but until the child does it they just know that they were told not to and you get a little angry and worried about them disobeying you.

No hole.
 

crbrumbelow

Senior Member
In the same note all who have heard the gospel have been TOLD to accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour. The consequences for not doing so are known because of the temptation and partaking of the fruit of that tree. Its eternity either way. A very long time to suffer the flames of the lake of fire. ;)
 

1gr8bldr

Senior Member
Food for thought: We don't know how long the time span was from when God said don't eat until they actually did. Let's just say for example, that they cared very little for that tree for several years, paying it no attention. Simply because God said don't, they obeyed, trusting God, for whatever reason. Never giving it much thought. The problem arises of how the Devil makes it sound mysterious. He tempts them by using his own desires to appeal to them. Coveting God's glory. Instead of wanting to humbly submit to him all glory, he wanted that glory for himself. To be like God. I know it sounds simplistic, but when we say "glory to God", it in essence is saying; not to man, but to God.
 

ambush80

Senior Member
In the same note all who have heard the gospel have been TOLD to accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour. The consequences for not doing so are known because of the temptation and partaking of the fruit of that tree. Its eternity either way. A very long time to suffer the flames of the lake of fire. ;)

The consequences are known how? Because it says so in the book that has a talking serpent?
 

stringmusic

Senior Member
The consequences are known how? Because it says so in the book that has a talking serpent?

In this scenario ambush, the Bible is assumed.
 

ambush80

Senior Member
In this scenario ambush, the Bible is assumed.

Agreed.

To the OP,

God can do anything. He doesn't play by our rules. Quit trying to have it make sense. His ways are not our ways. You can't understand Biblical matters using logic.

I think that covers it.
 

stringmusic

Senior Member
God can do anything.
right


He doesn't play by our rules.
He gave us the rules, He doesn't HAVE to play by them, doesn't mean He never does.



Quit trying to have it make sense.
Wrong, it can make sense.



His ways are not our ways.

Again, not if He doesn't want them to be.



You can't understand Biblical matters using logic.

Using your logic....no, is your logic the absolute that everyone on earth looks to?
 

VisionCasting

Senior Member
Because it says so in the book that has a talking serpent?

You quite often refer to this talking donkey (or talking donkey,burning bush, living in a fish for 3 days, etc...) in an effort to discredit the Bible.

While I agree it's quite odd/spectacular, it's not the most audiceous claim in the Bible.

Even if it could be proved or disproved, it would not eliminate (nor affirm) the possibility of a benevolent God or that Christ is, in fact, God.

Would it not be more logical for you to attack the most audacious claim of all? That Christ was raised from the dead?

Just sayin'. Maybe you should investigate that claim first.
 

atlashunter

Senior Member
Vision even if Christ was raised from the dead it wouldn't prove he was god.
 

atlashunter

Senior Member
The question is, what is more likely to be true? That the miracle claims of the bible really happened or that they are ancient myths?
 

Miguel Cervantes

Jedi Master
If Adam and Eve were placed in the garden with out knowledge. Why did God get so mad at them.When they ate the apple.After all if You don't have the knowledge too make a good decision,Then it's understandable that Your going too fail hummhhh.....Or was it designed for them too fail..It was only after they ate is when they realized they did something wrong..hummhh!! Why didn't God just hide the tree...

It was about giving us the choice to do right or wrong. To worship him or not. To learn how to use propper grammar and punctuation or not. It's all about choices.:pop:
 

atlashunter

Senior Member
What I'd like to know about the story is how punishing all of humanity for the actions of two people would be justified? That's not justice it's a cruel joke. You're born guilty for the sins of those who came before you but your debt is already paid for any evil you might do by way of a human sacrifice. This is moral?
 

apoint

Senior Member
Not really, Adam and Eve were just the first sinners. You and I have sinned a lot worse. So if it wasn't Adam and Eve as first sinners it would have been their children, and I think you know what happened with Cain & able. From the beginning it was a free choice to choose God and live righteously. We all failed. The redundancy is our fault, we keep sinning.
 
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