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This is the biggest problem with Christians; they think that everything is about sin.
I am sure Adam repeated God’s instruction the way he understood it and the part about dying wasn’t God’s words but Adam’s. Latter in Genesis 3:09 God’s asking Adam for explanation and not Eve because Adam got the instruction from God himself. Adam blamed Eve and Eve turned and blamed the serpent; it didn’t take long to become smart and pass the blame.
“Disobedience to Adam isn't the issue in the passage.”
Genesis 2:18 New International Version (NIV) 18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
The Hebrew version says HELP AGAINST HIM; this explains her disobedience to Adam.
Adam and Eve did not have the intelligent that we have and therefore we can’t understand their way of thinking. They didn’t know right from wrong therefore God didn’t hold them responsible for this “disobedience”; but they faced the consequence of their action.
“Things went from a deathless,,,,,,,”
Does Christians believe that? Look Genesis 2:9 “The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
This proves that they didn’t live forever, God told them not to eat from the tree of life also; God didn't want them to live forever.
I am sure Adam repeated God’s instruction the way he understood it and the part about dying wasn’t God’s words but Adam’s. Latter in Genesis 3:09 God’s asking Adam for explanation and not Eve because Adam got the instruction from God himself. Adam blamed Eve and Eve turned and blamed the serpent; it didn’t take long to become smart and pass the blame.
“Disobedience to Adam isn't the issue in the passage.”
Genesis 2:18 New International Version (NIV) 18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
The Hebrew version says HELP AGAINST HIM; this explains her disobedience to Adam.
Adam and Eve did not have the intelligent that we have and therefore we can’t understand their way of thinking. They didn’t know right from wrong therefore God didn’t hold them responsible for this “disobedience”; but they faced the consequence of their action.
“Things went from a deathless,,,,,,,”
Does Christians believe that? Look Genesis 2:9 “The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.”
This proves that they didn’t live forever, God told them not to eat from the tree of life also; God didn't want them to live forever.
Do you have Biblical evidence for your belief that Adam misunderstood or that Eve was somehow exempt from the command not to eat from the tree? Because Genesis clearly states that God commanded Adam not to eat and Eve reiterates it. Whether God told her or Adam passed on the message, Eve knew they weren't supposed to eat from the tree and she did anyway. God asked both for Adam and Eve's explanations Genesis 3:11-13.
God did hold them responsible for their sin (and it was sin because sin is disobedience to God and they disobeyed Him. To disobey means to not obey, and they did not obey Him). Because of their actions, God says they are cursed and casts them out of the Garden. Genesis 3:17-24.
Adam and Eve clearly knew enough because God punished them for their sin. They knew what God had told them and chose to do the opposite.
Romans 5:12, "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned..." If death entered through sin and there was no sin before the Fall, then there was no death. God never told them not to eat from the tree of life. He said they could eat from any tree in the garden but the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Genesis 2:16-17, "And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die."
If you have Biblical evidence for your beliefs, cite it in a post on the Bible Discussion page.