2010-11-26, 04:47 AM
As a Non-Religious Faith Based Christian Spiritualist it is more or less this...
Good and evil in the minds of Adam and Eve pre-Apple were basic such as asking someone a yes or no question. God gave them a choice of following God to the letter or gaining knowledge through curiosity's trial and error method.
In short it was either man be God's willful servant without question and limit themselves to only what God could provide, or gain knowledge through trial and error and learn from mistakes, experimentation, and intellectualism yet show God their potential equally.
In all, I think the eating of the Apple wasn't an evil act as some might agree upon. Remember also from the story of Job that Lucifer was still more or less God's go-to guy for testing humanities will and limits of restraint. To them it might have been disobedient, but to God it could have also been a test of mankind's potential to be independent, potentialed, and he probably had it planned that way from the start.
Remember, good and evil aren't always as clear cut and well defined as some religions and people want them to be, sometimes there's a huge shade of grey that much of both fall into.
And as always, who's to know the mind of God and and what he thinks?
Good and evil in the minds of Adam and Eve pre-Apple were basic such as asking someone a yes or no question. God gave them a choice of following God to the letter or gaining knowledge through curiosity's trial and error method.
In short it was either man be God's willful servant without question and limit themselves to only what God could provide, or gain knowledge through trial and error and learn from mistakes, experimentation, and intellectualism yet show God their potential equally.
In all, I think the eating of the Apple wasn't an evil act as some might agree upon. Remember also from the story of Job that Lucifer was still more or less God's go-to guy for testing humanities will and limits of restraint. To them it might have been disobedient, but to God it could have also been a test of mankind's potential to be independent, potentialed, and he probably had it planned that way from the start.
Remember, good and evil aren't always as clear cut and well defined as some religions and people want them to be, sometimes there's a huge shade of grey that much of both fall into.
And as always, who's to know the mind of God and and what he thinks?