Bible Question: What was the First Sin?

It seems Adam didn't quite pass on the message word for word. But since sin is going against God's commands, I agree that the first sin was Eve eating the apple.In Message 12 the originator presents: But I contend that God had not commanded them not to lie or make a rule stricter (Like putting a fence around the Torah), plus as I said earlier Adam may have added the Do Not Touch portion when he passed on the command. We really don't know.Going strictly by the text, Eve's nibble was first.

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Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

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And to think that Adam and Eve were thought to be perfect before they actually ate the fruit. So in essence, the first sin was an innocent little white lie? Funny how those things can grow!

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Since sin is going against God's commands, I would agree that the first sin was Eve eating the apple, but I contend that God had not commanded them not to lie or make a rule stricter (Like putting a fence around the Torah), plus as Adam may have added the Do Not Touch portion when he passed on the command, she may not have been lying. We really don't know. Message 135

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Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

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Can/did God sin? If we take purpledawn's definition of sin as "going against God's commands", what if God goes against His own commands? He commanded us not to lie, so if He lied, did He sin?

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The old "do as I say and not as I do" type of parenting. I think the ruling against lying deals with more serious matters, as opposed to exaggerating the consequences.In the story, I don't think God lied, but I also don't see that Eve was decieved. The snake spoke the truth in this story.The only command given in the story was not to eat from the middle tree.

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Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

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So if you tell your grandson, "You'll die if you eat that cookie," that's not a lie?

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Keeps him from eating all my cookies! Many parents engage in deception (lying) to manipulate their children. I guess we learned from the master.Some tell their children not to eat in the living room, but the parents eat in living room. The rules are for the children, not the parents. As children mature, then they learn which type of lying is wrong and which kind is harmless.Many parents make threats of punishment and don't follow through. I guess God didn't think he would have to follow through.By strict definition it would be a lie, but whether that is the type of lie God decreed against later in the Bible is subject for another thread.

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Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?