Kerryn

Cheryl

i agree that one further thing you mentioned that seems very important in this whole debate too…

if Adam alone was told by God ‘not to eat’ of the Tree of G and E (which as you say is not supported by Gen 1:29) and then the man either misquoted God to Eve or Eve misquoted God to the Serpent, it seems incredible that this is not explicitly mentioned in Genesis. Before Eve and Adam ate the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, Scripture portrays them clearly as being sinless and perfect in their relationsohip with each other and with God. Surely the first ‘sin’ (either through deception or intentional in natrue) was in Gen 3 when the first man and woman disobeyed God’s command and ate from the non-seed bearing Tree of Knowledge.

thanks again for your thought-provoking posts. keep ’em coming!

warm regards
kerryn