Question about Eve's knowledge of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

How did she know not to eat from it when "talking" to the snake? We all know snakes dont talk either, unless maybe she was on some serious psychedelic drugs. God never told her. In Genesis 2:17 it says "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." But its not until Genesis 2:22 that God creates Eve. She wasnt even alive according to Genesis when God told Adam not to eat from it.To me its just these type of "small" inconsistencies that make every word of the bible impossible to be taken literally.If god can't even get the first 100 lines of the bible correct why should I take anything else in the bible as real? God's creation of the earth shouldnt be taken as literal due to such errors.Also why did God create humans before he put Adam in the garden?
It clearly states that Adam and Eve were not the first humans in Genesis 1:26 "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."Adam isnt even mentioned until day 7, when God creates humans again, as stated in Genesis 2:7. "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." I guess humans were soul-less at one point too according to Genesis. Seems to me like this is in support of evolution. According to the bible at least 2 different types of human ancestors lived upon the earth before Adam and Eve.It wasnt until humans ate from the tree of knowledge of god and evil, which could be interpreted as a development(evolution) of conciousness, that they really developed self awareness and an understanding of right and wrong.This message has been edited by carini, 03-11-2006 02:50 AM

I see a number of points being raised here. Mind if I make a suggestion or two?The first is pick your topic. Is it about Eve not being told about the tree of life or the tree of knowledge of good and evil? I suspect the latter. So a quick topic title change might be needed.Personally I'd like to see quoted sections of the bible that support your position. Something like Click the peek button at the bottom of this post to see how I did that if you are unsure.If it ended there, it might be a promotable topic (I hope you have some counter arguments thought up for some of the more straightforward objections to it though). However, you then want to make a second and unrelated point about humans being created before Adam.Choose which one you want to go with, add your Biblical support for it, and we'll see where we end up, OK?

Let me know if that works.

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