Bible Question:
I've been trying to explain some things to my mormon husband about the "fall" of Adam and Eve. I'm stuck on what to say to him due to his belief on this issue (which I don't even understand his explaination). He (the mormons) believe that Adam and Eve were doomed to fail because of God's commands to: 1. not eat of the tree of knowledge 2. to be fruitful and multiply He says that one can not be done without the other (which I don't understand). He believes that the fall was "good". I don't understand any of this and therefore can't make an argument/discussion for my explaination. Does anyone understand this, if so, please explain it to me. |
Bible Answer: What your husband is telling you is correct. Consider the simple fact that without Eve Adam could not fullfill the command to multiply. Had Adam refused to fall with Eve, she would have been fallan and he not, rendering their marriage void. Being fruitful and multipliying would have been impossible apart. So Adam took of the pomegrante. All of that is great if you believe the story to be literal. I Do not for the simple fact that it implodes and is inconsistent with it's own facts. Supposedly Eve was innocent and without sin until she partook of the fruit. Recall the story of the serpent tempting her. He tells her to eat the fruit. Eve responds, The Lord has warned us that in that day that we partake we will surely die. The facts are that God said do not partake or you will die. But he did not say in that day you will die. You see Eve lied to the serpent. She did what many still do when dealing with spiritual issues. She embelished the true words of God in order to make her point. She in fact lied and therefore she sinnedby lying before she sinned by partaking. So this Fall was not a fall at all it was just part of a plan. God created man with these qualities of knowledge and wisdom and free will. They are not by products of the forbidden tree. In essence the garden story is showing us that once we are willing to look knowledge in the face and deal with it, there is no turning back , no more remaining in the Garden of ignorant bliss...it is time to work, to till the ground and grow to our full potentials as gods and goddesses in embryo. For that is the image that we have been made in.. it is our divine right. |