Cheryl Schatz

Mark,
I need to apologize to you too. In my head I was equating blame with blame-shifting. They are not the same thing. Perhaps you too were equating the two. I don’t know. But I do need to apologize to you for not being clear on my understanding and then being frustrated with you that you couldn’t get it when I was the one who was confusing the two. You were right. Adam is accused of blame-shifting and Eve is not. The reason is not within the words of Adam or within the words or the grammar of Eve’s words, but in the very words of God. When God accepts the testimony of “blame” it is endorsed and true. When God does not accept the testimony of “blame” it is then identified as blame-shifting or in other words a lie.

I hope that makes it clear and I hope you accept my apology.