I’m by no means a Theologian – Imported 11/06
In Genesis 2:16, God tells ADAM not to eat from the tree of Good and Evil. (Eve doesn’t even exist yet) I find it interesting in Genesis 3:2 when Eve tells the serpent what God said. “‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
Here’s what I find interesting and potentially a little funny. Can you imagine Adam telling Eve about the tree? So they are running around looking at different things in the garden and Eve becomes enamored with this tree. Adam tells her what God says and seeing that what God said doesn’t really take with Eve, he says, “You know what? Don’t even touch it.” Adam knew us women well. I’m pretty sure that went away with the fall.
Here’s something else about the story in the garden I find interesting: (Just a warning to my “heretic friends,” I’m not crossing over, I’m just thinking aloud.) A question was posed, “Did Adam and Eve understand God’s warning about the tree?” [the fact that it would bring death] And as I was reading this passage, the thought occurred to me. Did Adam and Eve even understand DEATH?
At this point in the garden, everything was alive and perfect. Even Adam and Eve were “constructed” to live forever. How would this concept of death even begin to strike fear? They’ve never seen it, nor was there anyone that could attest to it. How typically human is that? There are things that we are consistently warned about, but because we’ve never seen it or witnessed it – it doesn’t take. Does anyone really understand cancer until they’re faced with it? Does anyone understand, really understand a degenerative disease until they are confronted with it? Does anyone really understand the consequences of our actions today on future generations? Does Experience actually mean enlightenment on some twisted level of humanity?
“Experience what you don’t know.” “See what you are missing out on.” It’s the lie that human kind has been feeding on since the beginning of time.
Interesting . . .