Craig

Hi Kristen,

the comp position is that Eve’s sin was, at it’s heart, NOT about believing the serpent rather than God. It was about acting FIRST, without looking to Adam for guidance or permission.

@115 Yes that’s the one. Quite common amongst Sydney Anglicans whom I mingle with all the time. It saves them from the problems of the traditional “easily deceived” view, but as you say, suffers from the problem of not being in Genesis at all without some very fancy footwork. Some admit that this sin of Eve’s is secondary but can’t see that it is really not there at all.
The ones I know also say that Adam was deceived, but Eve was deceived FIRST. Trouble is, Paul says Adam was NOT deceived. It would seem a better explanation that Adam sinned rebelliously, with knowledge (Hos 6:7) rather than being deceived like Eve.
@116,117 Thanks for helping to clarify things.