Sunday, July 16, 2017

Convincing Eve

I was wondering the other day that if I could go back in time to the very beginning and talk to Eve before she ate the apple, what would I say to her.  Obviously, I would want to convince her not to do it.  I would want her to see the spiral of consequences that would come out of that one, single act of disobedience.  But how could I do that?

I would be talking to someone with no frame of reference.  I would be using ideas and concepts that she didn’t even know.  Her absolute innocence would keep her from understanding evil or sin.  How can I stop something when the only weapon I have to use doesn’t exist yet?  Did the devil prey on this naiveté?  Would Eve have even known what disobedience was?  Would she have truly understood the concept of consequences?  I mean how can you truly understand something until you’ve experienced it?  She wouldn’t actually be able to understand unless she did the very thing I was trying to convince her not to do.

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