Temptation of fools

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One of the things that's kinda standing out to me is the fact that Adam was already beginning to wonder about the stars and the universe before ever touching the forbidden fruit. It makes me think that maybe, in this story's canon, that God completely intended for Adam (or Eve) to eventually take part in the fruit (I mean, the tree was there to begin with, so there was a choice in the matter before Satan even became a part of the picture). The fact they were already curious and craving more knowledge says a lot, and frankly? It looks like it makes Satan's job a whole lot easier.

Another thing that sticks out to me is the fact that Eve is completely foolish. While a snake tempts her and says that eating from the tree gave him the thoughts to go and worship her should be a dead give-away that he is not good news, as nothing but God should be worshiped. Though, Adam is not left out of the fool party, either. The fact he knows that he could just let Eve be cast away into sin without him says a lot, and that he could still stay himself and not fall prey to Satan's wishes.

(I commented on Nate and Sophia's posts)

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  1. Natalie SchulerSeptember 11, 2017 at 9:13 PM

    Well, I mean when God first appears in PL, He mentions that humanity is going to need a savior and Jesus volunteers. More than that, He talks about how humans will be able given grace but Satan won't.

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  2. Darby CallicuttSeptember 11, 2017 at 9:29 PM

    They were craving more knowledge and we see this when Adam asks Raphael all those questions about creation. But the thing that sets God apart from Satan is that God wanted the time to tell Adam and Eve (I think) and that he just wanted them to obey him. He probably would have told them most of the things he wanted them to know. But now we will never have a full understanding because of the fall.

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