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“If you really believe what you are saying it is contradictory. Why, because what Eve saids, is not actually what God said to Adam-it is different.”

Mark, “different” is not the same thing as a contradiction. What Eve said God said does not contradict what God said to Adam when Adam was alone. What God said to both of them in Gen 1 also does not contradict what God said to Adam when he was alone. So that all three commands are different doesn’t matter.

Not only is there more given to eat, in Gen 1 (since Adam was only given garden trees vs all trees on the face of the earth) there is also more prohibtion when Eve quotes God. God can add and take away whenever he wants to.