How did Adam and Eve know good from evil?

not at allAlthough, for an account that can explain a lot about the world we live in today, your explanation contributes nothing to it.On the other hand, the bibles account of mankinds fall explains why we die, who the enemy of mankind is and how he operates, why human existence is so troublesom and why dependence on God is so beneficial.

Deut 30:19, 20 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have put life and death before you, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that you as well as your descendants may live, by loving the LORD your God, by heeding his injunctions, and by holding fast to him; for that will mean life to you.

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Revelation 22:17 "And the spirit and the bride keep on saying: Come! And let anyone hearing say: Come! And let anyone thirsting come; let anyone that wishes take life’s water free"in some way yes, but not in the sense that he 'set them up to fail', NO.He never wanted them to fail, and if he did, why is he offering salvation to mankind? If failure was his purpose, what is he saving mankind from? Edited by Peg, : No reason given.

Ok, in the same way God informed Adam and Eve of the bad consequences if they chose to eat, you tell me the consequences and then i can make the choice.

that is a strange misconceptionYes there was no human death until after the fall, but Eden was populated with an animal population who did die. Death of animals always was. It was only mankind who were given the propsect of eternal life because they were made in Gods image.Animals were not and therefore should not be considered to have lived forever.

Are animals living beings? Yes they are therefore they are souls just as mankind are souls....living, breathing beings.The greek idea of soul has nothing to do with the jewish Nephesh/Soul of the bible. when you tell me the consequences, in the same way God told Adam and Eve the consequences, then i can choose.

*cough*Genesis 2:16And Jehovah God also laid this command upon the man: From every tree of the garden you may eat to satisfaction. 17But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die.*cough*

Not quite.I have already explained numerous times that Adam and eve were told where eating from the tree would lead them. I've provided the scripture which clearly states it....'you will positively die'That is the difference with Rrhains question to me. He is not telling me what the consequences of either option will be. If he wants to make this a fair challenge, then in like manner, he needs to provide the consequences before i can make a choice. If he cannot do that, then his question is nothing more then a philosophical mind game.Adam and Eve were not left in the dark with regard to the consequences of eating from the tree. No one seems to accept that yet even though it is clearly stated in the passage. Edited by Peg, : No reason given.

What is 1 day? Its certainly not 24hours according to scripture.What is 1 day from Gods standpoint?2 Peter 3:8 says "However, let this one fact not be escaping your notice, beloved ones, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day.One day for God is 1,000 years for man, just as one year for a man is 7 years for a dog.We are not all bound by the same concept of time. From Gods standpoint, Adam and Eve did die the day they ate.

Dog years are not the same as human years, if you've never heard of 'dog years' then read up.You know the discussions that have been had about the hebrew word 'yom'I'm sure i dont need to remind you of the jewish definition of this word. But to jog your memory, it can mean a persons lifetime, it can mean a whole time period where an extraordinary event happens...it can mean the portion of the day when there is light, it can also mean a season... It isnt just 24hours and anyone who demands that the genesis yom is a literal 24 hours is not taking the meaning of the word into consideration.

ok so now you want to add the words 'on the moment' to the account.Unfortunately, they dont exist.

i just cant be bothered anymorekeep your arguments, you are all correct and i am completely off the planet.a hebrew yom means 24 hours specifically and a dog year is exactly the same as a human yearAdam and eve had no idea what the consequences of eating from the tree would be and the serpant is not satan as John says, it was simply a talking snake who spoke the truth and Adam and eve did not die.Great. Glad that you've all set me straight... i feel so enlightened.

No, they were clearly told that eating from the tree would bring death. You are not giving me the same consideration.you can keep asking as much as you like, but until you answer my question i will not answer. What are the consequences of each?

don't you see that this is why the tree of knowledge was a test of obedience and dependence on Gods soverignty as opposed to a tree that imparted special knowledge?Lets bring the example closer to home: your government sets up rules, you obey those rules because you live under their governance. But now along comes someone from another country and tells you that the legal penalties will not be applied if you break the law, so what do you do?do you simply go ahead and break the laws because some stranger told you that the legal penalty wont be enforced?Its the same with Adam and Eve. Along comes a stranger and he tells Eve that the legal penalty wont apply...that she'll be better off. She goes ahead and breaks the law without consulting anyone.Now back to clerendipity and beetaratagang - To make a choice not only do we need to know the consequences (as Adam and Eve did) we also need to know the person who gave us the choice in the first place. If that person had always been our protector and provider and had never left us without and his word was always truthful, then there is no reason to distrust him....unlike a strange talking snake whom noone had ever seen before and especially with the knowledge that animals don't usually talk. You would have to know that something wasnt right about that whole situation, wouldnt you?Or should we assume that A&E were dimwits who had no idea that snakes couldnt really talk?

call me a glutton for punishment

philosophical dribble.All they knew up until that point was good. They were perfect beings in perfect harmony with their creator. They didnt need to 'know' good, they WERE good.And they did know 'evil'...they knew eating from the tree WAS evil. That is what evil was...disobeying Gods commands was evil. Thats why, after they ate, they 'knew' evil...they had brought evil upon themselves and thereby experienced it...they knew it. Edited by Peg, : No reason given.