Hi everyone,
I was reading the incredibly fascinating posts on the "Something I heard from our Lord" topic, and noticed something that piqued my curiousity. The JWs always say that Eve wasn't really guilty of wrongdoing, but rather Adam. And Adam was guilty because he had been told by God, and he knew eating from the tree was wrong. It makes sense (if you believe in the Bible, that is), because Adam should have known better. God warned him of what was wrong, and yet Adam still chose to do it.
But wait...
Genesis 3:
22 Then the L ORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”
After eating from the tree, Adam became like God, knowing good and evil. So, he didn't know good and evil before he ate from the tree??? How could God expect Adam to make the right choice, when Adam didn't even know good from evil? God said bad things, evil things would happen if he ate. But Adam didn't understand bad, evil.
Adding to that, the JWs preach that in the New System tm we will be returned to a state like that of Adam. So we won't know evil? How can we make a choice, when we don't know what the choices are?? Isn't that a little like a robot?
On another note....Isn't iRobot a great movie?
Aeiouy