Cheryl Schatz

pinklight,
You said:

The serpent was cursed for what it did – it deceived Eve. Therefore I think it’s pretty important that we get straight that there is a difference in the way Adam and Eve sinned, and a difference for why each said what they did. Eve had a reason for bringing up the serpent for what it did to her, but what was Adam’s reason for bringing up God and the woman when they did nothing to him?

You have done a good job in answering Mark. Eve certainly had a good reason for saying that the serpent deceived her as it was true.

Now as far as Adam goes, when God said that he listened to the voice of his wife, there is no record of his wife speaking to him when she offered him the fruit. His “listening” was when his wife was speaking to the serpent and Adam did nothing. This is the rebuke that came from God. Adam not only ate the fruit but he merely listened to his wife being deceived, when he knew better because he was not deceived – and he did nothing. Think of this – Adam was not deceived and he tried to blame his wife (and God!) for giving him the fruit. His blame was worthless. It was not true. His wife did not deceive him. He ate of his own free will with the knowledge that what he was doing was wrong. This was his rebellion and his claim that his wife was to blame was not true. God did not curse his wife for tempting her husband or giving the fruit to her husband. God would have done this if Adam’s accusations were right. But Adam had no one to blame but himself. Therefore Adam did not place the blame in an honest way while Eve did.

Thanks for all your thoughts, pinklight. Keep up the good work!