Comrade McNasty
Food for thought.
If sin did not exist before Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge, then was their act a sin? How could they disobey God (a sin) if there was no sin?
In other words, if there was only good, how did evil enter the world?
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Sin isn't something someone does wrong, or "being bad", it's a state of being separated from YHWH.
Adam and Eve ate the fruit and created a separation between themselves and YHWH. That's what sin is.
Or maybe it's Jecht. I forget sometimes.
Yes it is. "He sinned against you." It's not simply a state of sin, but also an act. Other words by different people would be vice, transgression, wrongdoing, bad, evil.
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Let's think about that for a moment. They were both completely naive, and, while they could name the creatures and trees of Creation, they didn't really know anything about morality. They were children.
Yahweh is a terrible parent, then. Disobedience wouldn't separate me from my child. It would result me in telling my child that we don't do this or that because such and such consequences.
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Suddenly their eyes were opened and they, in essence, "grew up". As soon as this happened they actually went about creating a physical separation from themselves and YHWH with fig leaves.
Should one, especially a child, be punished so as to be driven out from his or her own home? This is essentially what Yahweh did.
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So before they ate, only YHWH knew morality, and after, all three knew, and this allowed Adam and Eve to contemplate their own thoughts on it, at least one of which is, "being naked is shameful"
In other words, Yahweh wants mindless drones, not children.
rmcdra
Let me ask a question. How do we know sin did not exist before Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge? What verses or passages suggest this to be the case?
Hey, rmcdra. I think Genesis 3 helps support the idea that sin already existed prior to Adam and Eve. Notice that the serpent knows what the tree of the knowledge of good and evil does. He is not omniscient. (I say "he" because the Hebrew is masculine.) Furthermore, the serpent deceived Adam and Eve. Deception is a sinful act. I know people can try breaking this down to say deception isn't always wrong, but considering this case where it involves pain, suffering, and death entering the world, I'd say that kind of deception is the worst.
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