Cheryl Schatz

Mark,
You said:

No doubt though, that it was the serpents trickery that led her to that point. We just must be careful to exclude Eve from any involvement in the account, and therefore come to the conclusion that Eve is innocent. She was deceived but she is guilty of desiring wisdom which was not for her. She acted against God’s command and took the fruit.

I agree that Eve fell into sin through deception. I don’t think that anyone has said that after she was deceived that she was “innocent”. The question is how can you impeach her for quoting God in error or lying about what God said when the serpent did not tempt her to lie about her own testimony? Assuming your position without considering God’s view of the supposed “sin” before Eve was deceived will not convince someone like me who carefully looks at the text for the inspired evidence.

That’s about all I can do tonight. I am gone pretty much all of tomorrow so will get back to your answers as I can.

I appreciate your challenge as those who read my blog can decide for themselves who is looking at the evidence from the text and who is assuming their position by assuming what is not said.

Thanks for trying Mark, will get back to you shortly.