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From the text of Genesis it is clear to see that Adam and Eve were fully capable of knowing that the choice to eat the fruit was both wrong and harmful
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.
"And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Gen 3:5 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."
If they were capable of
knowing it was wrong then two questions arise.One what is the effect of eating fruit from the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil?
Two Why did the serpent have to explain what the effect would be?
One other question comes to mind in this. Why does God make a serpent capable of deceipt and still claim that Adam and Eve are possesed of free will? We cannot tempt him but he can tempt us?
'Everyone is entitled to his own opinion but not his own facts.'
(Daniel Patrick Moynihan)