that IS a very sensitive subject to touch upon but it is true, think about it, did Adam and Eve ever GROW UP? not likely, they were created adult size, but in order to BE adults you need to grow your mind as a child until your an adult. but Adam and Eve were like children.
but when you tell a child you shouldnt do it, they still have that thought in their heads what you said, but thier childlike curiosity takes over and they do it anyway. pretty much same with Adam and Eve.
It wasnt malicious of God to do that because if they never did eat of the tree, right now you wouldnt be able to think for your own NOR would you be living a happy life, through suffering we gain knowledge and learn new things, if the Civil war, WWI, WWII, cold war, etc never happened we wouldnt have policies today to protect ourselves from large problems would we? we wouldnt learn
so God did us a favor by doing that, BUT he didnt do it, satan did it. God used satans trickery to open their eyes
1. God did not lie when he said "you will surely die", Adam and eve DID die.
2. God did not tempt them to eat of the tree, SATAN did.
3. God allowed sin to get through, not MADE sin get through becuase he was perfectly capable to stop that serpent but he didnt for a reason
4. God planted free thought into Lucifer in heaven, and Lucifer CHOSE the evil ways and that began this world, if Lucifer never had that evil thought, Adam and Eve would still be in the Garden of Eden.
So, in the beginning God planted free will into Lucifer, Lucifer chose evil, this doesnt mean God did anything bad, he gave him free will just like us.
Then, Lucifer, in his evil ways was allowed to be on earth with Adam and Eve, and Lucifer chose to trick them, God ALLOWED it to happen, 1. he knew it was going to happen, 2. he wanted it to happen to better ourselves in our lives becuase later on he says
"Now man is like one of us, knowing good and evil" thats a good thing!
so im glad that they ate of the tree
now technically thats not true that AFTERWARD they are capable of sin because God had directly told them not to do that, now do you punish your child when they disobey? or do you let them keep on disobeying? no you punish them, they did something wrong! they deserve a time out.
Edited by Juraikken, : No reason given.