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Adam and eve questions pastors cant answer

mumumugu

New Member
All of us hav had question on the tale of Adam and Eve sin recorded in the bible.
While majorityburied their questions in their heart,few were bold to ask question. The answers recieved created more questions than answers.


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WHAT LANGUAGE DID ADAM,GOD,EVE AND SERPENT SPEAK?


2
WHO CREATED THE FORBIDDEN TREE AND WHY?

3
WHY WASNT THE TREE LOCATED SOMEWHERE BEYOND ADAM REACH

4
IF GOD HADNT GIVEN ANY INSTRUCTION, PERHAPS, ADAM AND EVE MAY NOT HAVE LOCATED THE FRUIT

5
HOW DID THE DEVVIL ENTER THE PICTURE FROM CREATION TO FIRST SIN?

6
GOD KNEW OF DEVIL EXISTENCE,Y DIDNT HE PROTECT ADAM AND EVE

7
WHERE WAS GOD WHILE DEVIL TEMTED MAN. BUSY? THAT HE COULDNT HEAR THE CONERSATION OR WATCHING WITHOUT INTERFERING

8
EDEN SHOULD BE A PERFECT GARDEN OF HAPPINESS.WHY DID GOD PUT FORBIDDEN FRUIT IN A PERFECT GARDEN

9
WAS THE DEVIL TOTALLY LYING OR SPEAKING SOME TRUTH ?

10
EVE ATE THE FRUIT,SHE DIDNT REALISE SHE WAS NAKED INSTANTLY, UNTIL ADAM HAD EATING THE FOOD B4 BOTH AUTOMATICALLY BECAME NAKED...HOW POSSIBLE?

11
CLOTHING CAME AFTER SIN, SO WE SHOULD ALL BE NAKED THE MOMEN WE CONFES OUR SINS

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Y DID GOD ASK ADAM AND EVE QUESTIONS AS IF HE DIDNT KNOW THE ANSWER

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GOD SEES THE FUTURE..HE MUST HAVE KNOWN THEY WOULD SIN, YET HE PUNNISHED THEM FOR SINNING

14
GOD PUNNISHED WEAK EVE,VULNURABLE ADAM AND HELPLESS SNAKE WHILE DEVIL WAS LEFT UNPUNNISHED-FAIR?

15
ADAM UNBORN CHILDREN ALSO PUNNISHED-FAIR?

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IF ADAM AND EVE HADNT SINNED, THERE WOULD BE NO STORY, NO BIBLE,....WAS ..ADAM AND EVE SIN PREPLANNED?

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WAS GOD PARTIALLY OR INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIN OF ADAM

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WHO WITHNESSED THE DRAMA AND NARRATED IT.

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DID THE ADAM AND EVE STORY ACTUALLY HAPPEN OR NOT.

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SHOULD IT BE TAKEN LITERALLY OR AS DOES IT HAVE ANOTHER MEANING?? DOES THE FRUIT ACTUALLY SYMBOLIZE SOMETHING ELSE?



try asking a pastor these questions and watch how he flares. They dont have answers but will never admit. Instead,they will dangle round the question without givving you straight answers.finally, they will ask you to have faith.
 

Pegg

Jehovah our God is One
All of us hav had question on the tale of Adam and Eve sin recorded in the bible.
While majorityburied their questions in their heart,few were bold to ask question. The answers recieved created more questions than answers.


1
WHAT LANGUAGE DID ADAM,GOD,EVE AND SERPENT SPEAK?


2
WHO CREATED THE FORBIDDEN TREE AND WHY?

3
WHY WASNT THE TREE LOCATED SOMEWHERE BEYOND ADAM REACH

4
IF GOD HADNT GIVEN ANY INSTRUCTION, PERHAPS, ADAM AND EVE MAY NOT HAVE LOCATED THE FRUIT

I would be happy to answer these questions for you as best i can.

1. The language of Adam and Eve is the original language of mankind... it is Hebrew. We know this because the bible says that the faithful man Noah and his son Shem continued to be faithful to God after the flood event when the language of mankind was divided. The tower of babel incident reports that all who rebelled were given new languages.

Shems family line were not involved in the incident at Babel and his family brought forth Abraham who spoke the Hebrew language.

2/3/4. God created the tree. It was one of many trees in the garden of Eden. The law was imposed on that tree as a way for man to demonstrate his obedience to God. Without that law, Adam would have had no choice but to obey God in all things. The tree made it possible for Adam to exercise his free will which is why it was made within his reach.


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HOW DID THE DEVVIL ENTER THE PICTURE FROM CREATION TO FIRST SIN?

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GOD KNEW OF DEVIL EXISTENCE,Y DIDNT HE PROTECT ADAM AND EVE

The devil was not always bad. He was a holy angel who had been given the responsibility to care for the garden and its occupants.

Ezekiel 28:13 You were in E′den, the garden of God.
You were adorned with every precious stone
—Ruby, topaz, and jasper;
chrys′o·lite, onyx, and jade; sapphire, turquoise, and emerald;
And their settings and mountings were made of gold.
They were prepared on the day you were created.
14 I assigned you as the anointed covering cherub.
You were on the holy mountain of God, and you walked about among fiery stones.
15 You were faultless in your ways from the day you were created
Until unrighteousness was found in you.



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WHERE WAS GOD WHILE DEVIL TEMTED MAN. BUSY? THAT HE COULDNT HEAR THE CONERSATION OR WATCHING WITHOUT INTERFERING

God was in heaven where he resides. He would have seen what occurred, but because he had given man a conscience, he knew it was not beyond the mans ability to make the right choice and reject the serpents test.

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EDEN SHOULD BE A PERFECT GARDEN OF HAPPINESS.WHY DID GOD PUT FORBIDDEN FRUIT IN A PERFECT GARDEN

perfection, according to Gods purpose, would require that a man created in Gods image should have the ability to live with free will. If he could not do that, then the creation of the man would not have reflected Gods 'image' very well. So really, that one law on the tree gave man the opportunity to have freewill.

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WAS THE DEVIL TOTALLY LYING OR SPEAKING SOME TRUTH ?

He was totally lying. He told the woman that she would not die if she ate from the tree. She died.
He told the woman she would be like God. She did not become like God, rather she became alienated from God and when they died they returned to dust.

Gen 3:19 In the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return


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EVE ATE THE FRUIT,SHE DIDNT REALISE SHE WAS NAKED INSTANTLY, UNTIL ADAM HAD EATING THE FOOD B4 BOTH AUTOMATICALLY BECAME NAKED...HOW POSSIBLE?

When Adam sinned, he began to look at his wife differently. There was now a shame in her nakedness and it was because of his 'impure' thoughts towards her.
Sexuality has become corrupted (just look at how men indulge in vile pornography). The man corrupted his own sexuality and that of his wife which is why God kindly covered them in long garments.

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CLOTHING CAME AFTER SIN, SO WE SHOULD ALL BE NAKED THE MOMEN WE CONFES OUR SINS

When sexuality is no longer corrupted we can walk around naked. Sin is not sex... it is the falling away from Gods perfect standards. The sexual organs are for reproduction...but in our imperfection, we use them for pleasure and that affects our God given conscience which is why we feel the need to cover ourselves.

This is why a group of men can be naked together and not feel shame, and likewise a group of women. We are not ashamed of our nakedness among a group of people who are not looking at us in a 'sexualised' way.


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Y DID GOD ASK ADAM AND EVE QUESTIONS AS IF HE DIDNT KNOW THE ANSWER

He knew the answer, but its just as when you catch your child doing something wrong and you ask them what they have done.

We do that because we want them to comprehend the seriousness of what they have done and take responsibility for it.

Unfortunately, Adam and Eve did not take responsibility. Adam blamed his wife and Eve blamed the serpent.
And we still blame someone else when things go wrong even today. :yes:

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GOD SEES THE FUTURE..HE MUST HAVE KNOWN THEY WOULD SIN, YET HE PUNNISHED THEM FOR SINNING

No, he doesnt look into the future in that way. He knows the future that he plans out, but he doesnt plan out the lives of his creations.

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GOD PUNNISHED WEAK EVE,VULNURABLE ADAM AND HELPLESS SNAKE WHILE DEVIL WAS LEFT UNPUNNISHED-FAIR?

The devil is the snake. Satan the Devil used a snake as his disguise just as a vantriliquist uses a dummy and speaks through the dummy.
But he will be destroyed in due time:
2Peter 2:4 Certainly God did not refrain from punishing the angels who sinned, but threw them into Tar′ta·rus, putting them in chains of dense darkness to be reserved for judgment.

Jude 6  And the angels who did not keep their original position but forsook their own proper dwelling place, he has reserved with eternal bonds in dense darkness for the judgment of the great day

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ADAM UNBORN CHILDREN ALSO PUNNISHED-FAIR?

We are not punished. We are living in the consequences of sin, yes, but God is not punishing us.

Rather, he has put a plan in place to save us from this condition.


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IF ADAM AND EVE HADNT SINNED, THERE WOULD BE NO STORY, NO BIBLE,....WAS ..ADAM AND EVE SIN PREPLANNED?

We would still be living in an earthly paradise and Adam and Eve would still be with us. We would not need the bible and there would be no need for religion because all of us would be with God rather then alienated from him. We would all know God and he would walk among us...we would not need to have teachers telling us who God is and what he wants because God himself would be our teacher and guide.

And that is what will happen in the near future when God restores all things to the way he had purposed them to be:

Revelation 21:3 With that I heard a loud voice from the throne say: “Look! The tent of God is with mankind, and he will reside with them, and they will be his people. And God himself will be with them. 4 And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away.”


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WAS GOD PARTIALLY OR INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIN OF ADAM

No. God had told the man which path to take.... 'DONT' eat from the tree is a pretty good direction to follow. And they knew exactly what to do because when questioned by the serpent, Eve said "God has said you must not touch it that you do not die"

So they alone are responsible for their actions. They chose the wrong pill knowing what the consequences would be.

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WHO WITHNESSED THE DRAMA AND NARRATED IT.

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DID THE ADAM AND EVE STORY ACTUALLY HAPPEN OR NOT.

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SHOULD IT BE TAKEN LITERALLY OR AS DOES IT HAVE ANOTHER MEANING?? DOES THE FRUIT ACTUALLY SYMBOLIZE SOMETHING ELSE?

It was witnessed by all those in the heavens and the knowledge was also passed from parents to children in the same way family histories are passed on even today.
Adam would have surely told his sons about what had happened. His children would have seen the angels guarding the entrance to Eden, they would have watched as their parents had a hard life outside in the wilderness and they would have seen how those angels remained loyal to God.

I believe the story of Adam and Eve is 100% true. We can see how their actions have affected us.
Sexuality is terribly perverted in our world.
Relationships between hubands and wives is very difficult. Man dominates women and women have many problems with childbirth as God said would happen.
It is a literal history of mankinds beginning.
 
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te_lanus

Alien Hybrid
1. The language of Adam and Eve is the original language of mankind... it is Hebrew. We know this because the bible says that the faithful man Noah and his son Shem continued to be faithful to God after the flood event when the language of mankind was divided. The tower of babel incident reports that all who rebelled were given new languages.

Shems family line were not involved in the incident at Babel and his family brought forth Abraham who spoke the Hebrew language.
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Doubt they spoke hebrews, hebrews only came after 10th century bc.

Abraham grew up in Ur which is in sumeria (according to biblical scholars). Thus he most probably spoke summerian.
 

Pegg

Jehovah our God is One
Doubt they spoke hebrews, hebrews only came after 10th century bc.

Abraham grew up in Ur which is in sumeria (according to biblical scholars). Thus he most probably spoke summerian.

if he spoke summerian, why did his sons speak hebrew?

'Usually' children speak their parents langugage...why do you think it was different in the case of Abraham?
 

Guitar's Cry

Disciple of Pan
While I'm not actually Christian, I still find inspiration in Christian mythology, and especially this one. May I answer some of the questions?
 

te_lanus

Alien Hybrid
if he spoke summerian, why did his sons speak hebrew?

'Usually' children speak their parents langugage...why do you think it was different in the case of Abraham?

If Abraham stayed in Ur his sons would have spoken summerian also. Hebrews only appears in the archeological record in about 10th century BC in Canaan/Israel. Yet the return from Egypt happened between 15-12 th century BC, thus its almost safe to assume that Hebrew evolved out of whatever dialect they have spoken and Canaanite/Phoenecian
 

Brickjectivity

System Override
Staff member
Premium Member
Why does it say Adam knew his wife instead of Adam 'had sex with' his wife?

Does sex require knowledge?

Did Adam and Eve have sex or not?

Why was the tree of knowledge of 'good and evil' so tasty?

What kind of fruit provides knowledge?

Does fruit represent sex anywhere in the Bible?

Why use fruit and knowledge instead of just saying 'Sex'?

Is sex evil?

Is knowledge evil?
 

Pegg

Jehovah our God is One
Why does it say Adam knew his wife instead of Adam 'had sex with' his wife?

that is a hebrew expression.
Its just like we have the expression in english to 'make love' we know it means to have sex.

'To know his wife' means to know intimately.

Did Adam and Eve have sex or not?

they did not have sex until they were outside eden according to the scriptures.

Why was the tree of knowledge of 'good and evil' so tasty?

Satan had convinced Eve that the tree would improve her situation. He told her she would become like God.

I guess she thought she would be better off.

What kind of fruit provides knowledge?

none. It was just normal fruit like all the other fruit. The law upon the tree is what is significant.

Does fruit represent sex anywhere in the Bible?

Why use fruit and knowledge instead of just saying 'Sex'?

Is sex evil?

The fruit had nothing to do with sexual activity. They didnt even have sex until they had left the garden.

There is nothing wrong with sex... it was created by God as a means to bring children into the world, so it is part of Gods plan and when he told them 'be fruitful and multiply' he intended for them to have sexual relations.

What is evil is disobedience to Gods laws. And when we look around the world and see how people are disobeying Gods laws and the disastrous consequences of that, we can see why it is evil to disobey God.
 

Brickjectivity

System Override
Staff member
Premium Member
that is a hebrew expression.
Its just like we have the expression in english to 'make love' we know it means to have sex.

'To know his wife' means to know intimately.



they did not have sex until they were outside eden according to the scriptures.



Satan had convinced Eve that the tree would improve her situation. He told her she would become like God.

I guess she thought she would be better off.



none. It was just normal fruit like all the other fruit. The law upon the tree is what is significant.



The fruit had nothing to do with sexual activity. They didnt even have sex until they had left the garden.

There is nothing wrong with sex... it was created by God as a means to bring children into the world, so it is part of Gods plan and when he told them 'be fruitful and multiply' he intended for them to have sexual relations.

What is evil is disobedience to Gods laws. And when we look around the world and see how people are disobeying Gods laws and the disastrous consequences of that, we can see why it is evil to disobey God.
I think there is more to it, and you are guessing. Besides, none of the elements of the story exist today, so there is no one to ask. We are just asking ourselves. Animals do not speak. Fruit trees do not give eternal life, just fruit. Child labour is much less painful with pain killers. Farm work is no longer done by hand. The L-RD isn't found walking about in the cool afternoons and calling people by name. The fiery sword has disappeared.
 

Shiranui117

Pronounced Shee-ra-noo-ee
Premium Member
All of us hav had question on the tale of Adam and Eve sin recorded in the bible.
While majorityburied their questions in their heart,few were bold to ask question. The answers recieved created more questions than answers.


1
WHAT LANGUAGE DID ADAM,GOD,EVE AND SERPENT SPEAK?
The answer to this question is irrelevant and unimportant.

2
WHO CREATED THE FORBIDDEN TREE AND WHY?
God. The tree was no different than any other tree.

3
WHY WASNT THE TREE LOCATED SOMEWHERE BEYOND ADAM REACH
Because God ordered Adam not to eat of it, to demonstrate that Adam must answer to God and obey Him.

4
IF GOD HADNT GIVEN ANY INSTRUCTION, PERHAPS, ADAM AND EVE MAY NOT HAVE LOCATED THE FRUIT
Then Adam and Eve would have eaten from the tree and nothing would have happened. The only reason something happened to them is because they broke God's commandment. There was nothing special about this tree.

5
HOW DID THE DEVVIL ENTER THE PICTURE FROM CREATION TO FIRST SIN?
He was created as an angel, then fell due to his pride and attempted usurpation of Heaven.

6
GOD KNEW OF DEVIL EXISTENCE,Y DIDNT HE PROTECT ADAM AND EVE
He gave them all the protection they needed. They simply chose to believe a talking serpent they had never met before and who contradicted the loving God Who created them and provided for them.

7
WHERE WAS GOD WHILE DEVIL TEMTED MAN. BUSY? THAT HE COULDNT HEAR THE CONERSATION OR WATCHING WITHOUT INTERFERING
God was watching and fully aware, but He let Adam and Eve choose for themselves.

8
EDEN SHOULD BE A PERFECT GARDEN OF HAPPINESS.WHY DID GOD PUT FORBIDDEN FRUIT IN A PERFECT GARDEN
There was nothing forbidden or evil about the fruit. God simply gave them one simple restriction to assert His authority.

9
WAS THE DEVIL TOTALLY LYING OR SPEAKING SOME TRUTH ?
Totally lying.

10
EVE ATE THE FRUIT,SHE DIDNT REALISE SHE WAS NAKED INSTANTLY, UNTIL ADAM HAD EATING THE FOOD B4 BOTH AUTOMATICALLY BECAME NAKED...HOW POSSIBLE?
Eve was focused on the beauty of the fruit, and wasn't paying attention to what had happened to her. She was distracted and momentarily lost her self-awareness.

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CLOTHING CAME AFTER SIN, SO WE SHOULD ALL BE NAKED THE MOMEN WE CONFES OUR SINS
Wait, what? Just because we clothed ourselves in cloth and animal skin instead of being clothed in God's glory doesn't mean we should ditch our clothes when we're forgiven of our sins. 1, I can basically guarantee that we'll never be perfect in this life, and 2, human culture has grown accustomed to wearing clothes, regardless of how sinful or holy we are.

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Y DID GOD ASK ADAM AND EVE QUESTIONS AS IF HE DIDNT KNOW THE ANSWER
He wanted to give them a chance to confess their sins openly before Him, and to not hide the truth of what they had done. He gave them a way to be reconciled to Him.

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GOD SEES THE FUTURE..HE MUST HAVE KNOWN THEY WOULD SIN, YET HE PUNNISHED THEM FOR SINNING
To sin is to separate oneself from God. Our separating ourselves from God, the Source of Life, has consequences. God's foreknowledge reflects what will happen.

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GOD PUNNISHED WEAK EVE,VULNURABLE ADAM AND HELPLESS SNAKE WHILE DEVIL WAS LEFT UNPUNNISHED-FAIR?
Each of the three willfully committed sin and went against God's one simple commandment. They're not blameless in this.

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ADAM UNBORN CHILDREN ALSO PUNNISHED-FAIR?
We're not punished for Adam's and Eve's sin any more than a baby is born with deformities after its mother does drugs while she was pregnant. God doesn't punish us for the sins of our fathers, but the sins of our fathers do have far-reaching consequences. Adam and Eve managed to alter the entire human experience.

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IF ADAM AND EVE HADNT SINNED, THERE WOULD BE NO STORY, NO BIBLE,....WAS ..ADAM AND EVE SIN PREPLANNED?
If Adam and Eve hadn't sinned, Christ would still have become incarnate to be with us.

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WAS GOD PARTIALLY OR INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIN OF ADAM
No.

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WHO WITHNESSED THE DRAMA AND NARRATED IT.
God told the story to someone, most likely Moses. From there it became oral tradition and was written down centuries later.

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DID THE ADAM AND EVE STORY ACTUALLY HAPPEN OR NOT.
Yes, but whether it happened exactly as the Bible word-for-word describes it is another story altogether.

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SHOULD IT BE TAKEN LITERALLY OR AS DOES IT HAVE ANOTHER MEANING?? DOES THE FRUIT ACTUALLY SYMBOLIZE SOMETHING ELSE?
It happened, but there are many layers of meaning. The fruit isn't the important part. The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is called that, because when Adam and Eve broke God's commandment and fell, they experienced first-hand the awful, horrid reality of sin, and they saw how it was different from their previous blessed state. They felt their connection to God fade, replaced by an empty black void. The glory of God that once covered them was gone, and they felt naked and ashamed. The name of the tree has nothing to do with the nature of the tree itself, but what humanity learned from the experience of breaking the commandment surrounding the tree.

try asking a pastor these questions and watch how he flares. They dont have answers but will never admit. Instead,they will dangle round the question without givving you straight answers.finally, they will ask you to have faith.
Actually, I've found satisfactory answers to every single one of these questions from Orthodox theologians, clergy and Saints.
 
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Nohwey

Member
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WHAT LANGUAGE DID ADAM,GOD,EVE AND SERPENT SPEAK?


2
WHO CREATED THE FORBIDDEN TREE AND WHY?

3
WHY WASNT THE TREE LOCATED SOMEWHERE BEYOND ADAM REACH

4
IF GOD HADNT GIVEN ANY INSTRUCTION, PERHAPS, ADAM AND EVE MAY NOT HAVE LOCATED THE FRUIT

5
HOW DID THE DEVVIL ENTER THE PICTURE FROM CREATION TO FIRST SIN?

6
GOD KNEW OF DEVIL EXISTENCE,Y DIDNT HE PROTECT ADAM AND EVE

7
WHERE WAS GOD WHILE DEVIL TEMTED MAN. BUSY? THAT HE COULDNT HEAR THE CONERSATION OR WATCHING WITHOUT INTERFERING

8
EDEN SHOULD BE A PERFECT GARDEN OF HAPPINESS.WHY DID GOD PUT FORBIDDEN FRUIT IN A PERFECT GARDEN

9
WAS THE DEVIL TOTALLY LYING OR SPEAKING SOME TRUTH ?

10
EVE ATE THE FRUIT,SHE DIDNT REALISE SHE WAS NAKED INSTANTLY, UNTIL ADAM HAD EATING THE FOOD B4 BOTH AUTOMATICALLY BECAME NAKED...HOW POSSIBLE?

11
CLOTHING CAME AFTER SIN, SO WE SHOULD ALL BE NAKED THE MOMEN WE CONFES OUR SINS

12
Y DID GOD ASK ADAM AND EVE QUESTIONS AS IF HE DIDNT KNOW THE ANSWER

13
GOD SEES THE FUTURE..HE MUST HAVE KNOWN THEY WOULD SIN, YET HE PUNNISHED THEM FOR SINNING

14
GOD PUNNISHED WEAK EVE,VULNURABLE ADAM AND HELPLESS SNAKE WHILE DEVIL WAS LEFT UNPUNNISHED-FAIR?

15
ADAM UNBORN CHILDREN ALSO PUNNISHED-FAIR?

16
IF ADAM AND EVE HADNT SINNED, THERE WOULD BE NO STORY, NO BIBLE,....WAS ..ADAM AND EVE SIN PREPLANNED?

17
WAS GOD PARTIALLY OR INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIN OF ADAM

18
WHO WITHNESSED THE DRAMA AND NARRATED IT.

19
DID THE ADAM AND EVE STORY ACTUALLY HAPPEN OR NOT.

20
SHOULD IT BE TAKEN LITERALLY OR AS DOES IT HAVE ANOTHER MEANING?? DOES THE FRUIT ACTUALLY SYMBOLIZE SOMETHING ELSE?

1. Hebrew
2. God. (Why? I don't exactly know, but God has Free Will in his plan for the world)
3. See #2
4. See #2
5. See #2
6. Two part answer. See #2.
But, God did protect Adam and Eve's descendants. God still took them to Heaven because he knew they were going to fail in the first place.
7. See #2.
8. See #2.
9. Some forms of lying are worse than just a plain contradictory statement to the truth. Half lies, telling only part of the story while giving partial truths in order to mislead can be worse.
10. Probably something to do with Marriage. Adam could have protected Eve, by telling her she did something wrong and then sheltering her from the Devil.
11. Try doing that and maintaining modesty, obeying secular laws like Christians are supposed to.
12. Ask a question, get a Socratic question. Why ask rhetorical questions?
13. Yes. As he should. He's all loving and all just. Adam and Eve had it better than anyone else in history. They lived for centuries, first for many years in Eden (Or at least, one can assume, several years in Eden), lived a healthy life style, even if it was difficult to live in, after they were kicked out of Eden, and then went to Heaven after they died.
14. The Devil is basically the Snake. Snakes were cursed to slither through the ground so he they would not be as much of a danger to people, since Satan would use them better than any animal. (Snakes were the most clever animal of the field). So God did curse the Snake (Satan), the Snakes are animals, and therefore, such a "Curse" isn't that bad, they've probably gotten used to their life as a snake after all these years. Adam sinned, so he did get cursed. Even got her revenge on the Serpent by one of her descendants, Jesus, getting to figuratively crush Satan's head (He's the snake remember).
15. Not fair by modern standards, but you know what, why complain when we get a blessing that's a billion times better than the curse?
16. Well, the plan of Salvation was planned.
17. Who really cares? Adam's ultimate decision was his own, he still had a chance to redeem Even and protect her by telling her what she had done, but decided to do what she said instead of God.
18. Why witness it? The Holy Spirit had it written down after it happened.
19. Yes.
20. Literally.
 

Katzpur

Not your average Mormon
Totally lying.
I have a question for you, Shiranui.

Genesis 3:1-5 states the following: Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."

And in Genesis 3:22-23, after Adam and Eve had eaten some of the fruit of the tree, we read God's words, "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken."

If you believe that the serpent was "totally lying" as opposed to mixing truth with falsehood, could you explain how you reconcile the underlined portions of each of those passages.
 

Katzpur

Not your average Mormon
All of us hav had question on the tale of Adam and Eve sin recorded in the bible.
While majorityburied their questions in their heart,few were bold to ask question. The answers recieved created more questions than answers.
I'm going to start by stating that I don't believe for one minute that this post should be in the Christian DIR. Your tone clearly indicates that you are not asking these questions for the purpose of educating yourself. You're doing nothing more than trying to back believers in the Christian God up against a wall. I'm unimpressed by your transparency. Nevertheless...


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WHAT LANGUAGE DID ADAM,GOD,EVE AND SERPENT SPEAK?
Latter-day Saints believe that Adam and Eve spoke what we refer to as "the Adamic language," which according to our teachings, was "pure and undefiled." But seriously, who cares? Why on earth would it make any difference to the message of the story?

2
WHO CREATED THE FORBIDDEN TREE AND WHY?
God created the tree by the hand of His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ. He did so in order that Adam and Eve, by eating of its fruit, might be able to learn to discern between good and evil.

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WHY WASNT THE TREE LOCATED SOMEWHERE BEYOND ADAM REACH
If God wanted Adam and Eve to be able to learn that there were consequences for disobediencec, it wouldn't have made much sense for Him to have made it impossible for them to eat the fruit. He might just have well have not placed the tree in the garden at all.

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IF GOD HADNT GIVEN ANY INSTRUCTION, PERHAPS, ADAM AND EVE MAY NOT HAVE LOCATED THE FRUIT
You're right. So what's your question?

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HOW DID THE DEVVIL ENTER THE PICTURE FROM CREATION TO FIRST SIN?
God permitted him to tempt Adam and Eve. He didn't exactly slip in unnoticed.

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GOD KNEW OF DEVIL EXISTENCE,Y DIDNT HE PROTECT ADAM AND EVE
What was He supposed to protect them from? It was part of His dively appointed plan that they learn to choose good over evil. God warned Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit, but like all parents, He knew that some things must be learned by experience.

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WHERE WAS GOD WHILE DEVIL TEMTED MAN. BUSY? THAT HE COULDNT HEAR THE CONERSATION OR WATCHING WITHOUT INTERFERING
He was in Heaven, and yes, He was busy. He was aware of every word that was spoken and every action that took place.

8
EDEN SHOULD BE A PERFECT GARDEN OF HAPPINESS.WHY DID GOD PUT FORBIDDEN FRUIT IN A PERFECT GARDEN
Human beings don't progress in a perfect world. God wanted Adam and Eve to progress, and He gave them the opportunity to do so. Following their disobedience, He provided a Savior for them, that they might be forgiven of their sins.

9
WAS THE DEVIL TOTALLY LYING OR SPEAKING SOME TRUTH ?
He mixed lies with truth. That's pretty much always been his "MO."

10
EVE ATE THE FRUIT,SHE DIDNT REALISE SHE WAS NAKED INSTANTLY, UNTIL ADAM HAD EATING THE FOOD B4 BOTH AUTOMATICALLY BECAME NAKED...HOW POSSIBLE?
I'm not quite sure why this matters, particularly. They were both naked from the beginning and when they had eaten the fruit, they became aware of their nakedness. To me, this is simply symbolic of their new sexual awareness, which was necessary, of course, in making it possible for them to multiply and replenish the earth.

11
CLOTHING CAME AFTER SIN, SO WE SHOULD ALL BE NAKED THE MOMEN WE CONFES OUR SINS
Since we come into this world naked, but free from sin, I'd say there is absolutely no correlation between sinfulness and nakedness.

12
Y DID GOD ASK ADAM AND EVE QUESTIONS AS IF HE DIDNT KNOW THE ANSWER
Of course God knew the answers. If a parent knows his child has been eating cookies out of the cookie jar, he might very well still ask, "Johnny, did you eat those cookies?"

13
GOD SEES THE FUTURE..HE MUST HAVE KNOWN THEY WOULD SIN, YET HE PUNNISHED THEM FOR SINNING
Of course He knew they would sin. He even warned them about what the punishment would be if they disobeyed Him. Is it wrong for a parent to punish a disobedient child if he has given that child fair warning?

14
GOD PUNNISHED WEAK EVE,VULNURABLE ADAM AND HELPLESS SNAKE WHILE DEVIL WAS LEFT UNPUNNISHED-FAIR?
I'm not quite sure what you're saying here as your question is phrased rather poorly. I believe that the poor "helpless snake" was, in fact, the Devil, and trust me... his punishment will be eternal.

15
ADAM UNBORN CHILDREN ALSO PUNNISHED-FAIR?
Nope, not fair and not true.

16
IF ADAM AND EVE HADNT SINNED, THERE WOULD BE NO STORY, NO BIBLE,....WAS ..ADAM AND EVE SIN PREPLANNED?
Bingo!

17
WAS GOD PARTIALLY OR INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SIN OF ADAM
No.

18
WHO WITHNESSED THE DRAMA AND NARRATED IT.
There were no witnesses. The events were revealed to and recorded by later prophets.

19
DID THE ADAM AND EVE STORY ACTUALLY HAPPEN OR NOT.
Exactly as described in Genesis? Probably not. But something happened, and this allegory explains pretty well what it is intended to explain -- the beginning of God's Plan of Salvation for mankind.

20
SHOULD IT BE TAKEN LITERALLY OR AS DOES IT HAVE ANOTHER MEANING?? DOES THE FRUIT ACTUALLY SYMBOLIZE SOMETHING ELSE?
I don't take it literally myself.

Only 20 question? Damn, just when I was starting to have some fun. :D

try asking a pastor these questions and watch how he flares. They dont have answers but will never admit. Instead,they will dangle round the question without givving you straight answers.finally, they will ask you to have faith.
Oddly, you've received quite a few answers already and from laymen yet. Time to go back to the drawing board, pal. (Actually, I notice that you seem to have disappeared. Were you really all that surprised that people were able to answer your questions? :facepalm:)
 
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