“YOU positively will not die. For God knows that in the very day of YOUR eating from it YOUR eyes are bound to be opened and YOU are bound to be like God, KNOWING good and bad."
Did Satan actually lie to Eve? I'm not so sure...
First of all, how do we know whether or not he meant she would die instantly or die of old age?
I see that statement as Satan telling Eve that eating the fruit would not result in her immediate death. If somebody told me that i wouldn't die from eating an apple, then i would assume they were telling me that the apple is safe and wouldn't kill me then and there... not that i'll never die. This isn't the best illustration, i know, since Eve was in a very different situation than us. But think about it, what would you say if Satan offered you fruit and then told you, “YOU positively will not die" from eating it?
Can we even begin to understand what he meant by saying “YOU positively will not die."?
Did Eve ever truly 'live' before her eyes were opened and she became like God? To me, it seems like she was just existing in blissful ignorance before Satan came along, that doesn't sound like living to me. In a way, i suppose, it could be said that Eve was never really 'born' until she exercised her right to free will.
This incident has really been the only time (that i could find) where Satan is said to have decieved, or lied to somebody. Most of the time, to me at least, he appears to present his argument and asks you to consider and conform to it.
Obviously, i can't fully understand this situation and my position on it will probably change when i know more. It's hard to study the Bible scriptures on my own when i've only ever used the (extremely biased) literature from the Society.
What do you think about it?