03-31-2025, 11:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-31-2025, 11:33 AM by Yahya Sharif.)
I want to put my knowledge to the test:
G-d intended to remove the knowledge of evil from Adam’s mind. Adam was held accountable for only one evil—the questioning: Why did You remove the knowledge of evil from my mind? I want to know, which corresponds to the sin of eating the tree of knowing the good and the evil. If Adam were to eat from the tree, the removal of evil-knowledge would cease. Therefore, if he wished that removal to remain, If he did not wish to sin and did not desire the knowledge of evil, he should not have eaten from the tree. The serpent revealed to the woman the true reason why the tree was forbidden. Now, both Adam and Eve bear responsibility for the one foundational evil: "I want to know".
(Genesis 2:16–18)
G-d intended to remove the knowledge of evil from Adam’s mind. Adam was held accountable for only one evil—the questioning: Why did You remove the knowledge of evil from my mind? I want to know, which corresponds to the sin of eating the tree of knowing the good and the evil. If Adam were to eat from the tree, the removal of evil-knowledge would cease. Therefore, if he wished that removal to remain, If he did not wish to sin and did not desire the knowledge of evil, he should not have eaten from the tree. The serpent revealed to the woman the true reason why the tree was forbidden. Now, both Adam and Eve bear responsibility for the one foundational evil: "I want to know".
(Genesis 2:16–18)