The question being asked is it Eve's fault for bringing evil into this world? The battle between right and wrong.
I believe reading this text, that it was eve's fault, because she disobeyed God's request, and order that she shouldn't eat the apple from the serpent. This was a clear order, that even without knowing right and wrong you can understand to listen to an order.
God had specifically said that she shouldn't eat the apple. And yet she ate the apple anyway, because like the passage said, it would make her see the world in a way God can see it. This was a form of hubris, and she was defying an order, and she knew that this wasn't good. Because even if Eve didn't know if that was a good or bad choice, she knew that God said not to do it.
The serpent played a big role in this passage, because the serpent deceived eve, and took advantage of her ideas and her vulnerability that every human has. the idea of wanting something you cannot have. In the passage in the Bible, the King James Version, it spoke about how the serpent convinced Eve that the fruit was good, and that she should eat it to become more like God. However Eve spoke to the serpent and told him that she cannot eat this fruit because God toiled her not to eat it. She has the understanding that eating the fruit is a wrong thing, but the serpent convinced her, due to the fact that she was young and weak in her ideas. So, I do believe that the serpent is at fault, however Eve did disobey the order God told her, and she went against what God said, so I believe that Eve is to blame. Because even if you don't know right from wrong, you can still listen to an order and understand not to eat something. And the evidence suggests that she did understand that God told her no, don't east the fruit, but she ate it anyway. Going against God's orders.
You note that Eve was young and weak in her ideas. Why was that? How does she escape temptation if she's never been tempted before? Did she even know what was happening?
ReplyDeleteDo you think that she ate the apple partly because she wanted to know what was so special or secretive about the apple, and why god didn't want her to eat it?
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