Mark

Great stuff, i love it, and everyonesobjections and opinions. Thanks
I guess i might just comment one person at a time.

Cheryl,
You said about it only being the man who was banished not the woman by ‘the man’ refence in Gen3. Your view then only suggests that Adam was the only one who became like God, ‘knowing good and evil’ because this is directed only to ‘the man’. But then this is a contradiction to what is said in 3:7 where both their eyes were opened and they new they were naked. You see if it was only Adam who was banished as ‘the man’, then in your interpretation it was only ‘the man’ who became like God. Therefore Eve never sinned, nor did she suffer the consequences.
While Adam was with her it explicitly happens AFTER the conversation, that is my point. The text doesnt say that Adam was their during the conversion, so your claim that this was where Adam listened to his wife is just as much reading into the text as my view. In fact you are drawing verse 17 to fit back into verse 2.

None the less thankyou for your imput- i value you highly. But it is evident that there are just as many holes in your argument as what you say about comps arguments.