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.
