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Originally posted by Darth Dane
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Originally posted by Darth Dane
Did God say to adam why he couldn't eat from it?
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Yes.
Did Adam understand this?
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I don't think so. If you understood it, would you have eaten the fruit? I wouldn't have. Then again, I understand that death is a terrible consequence for an action and I am not morally ignorant.
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No. He knew it was going against the command of God. He didn't know that going against the command of God was bad.
What was teh point od God telling him then?
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To keep A&E as ignorant servents. Their blind obedience apparently sufficed until the serpent convinced Eve otherwise. The ease with which the serpent convinced Eve is an indication of their moral ignorance.
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Was he self-aware on other parts of himself, i.e. I can talk, or I exist in teh GoE.
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I don't see any way to make a concrete determination on this, one way or the other.
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Was he concious about the fact that he coulk communicate?
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I see no indication of Adam having subjective consciousness.
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The "I am" statement has importance here, because if Adam knew he existed and was alive, then Adam could be able to see that death is teh opposite of life.
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Which "I am" statement? I didn't find any between Adam's creation and "The Fall". There is nothing to indicate that Adam fully understood what death was.
Because I haven't died yet.
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Why do you choose to stay alive, if there is no purpose?
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Why assume that in order to want to live, you need to have a purpose? I have more fun living life without a purpose than I did when I thought there was a purpose.
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Maybe the purpose is to have fun?
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I think, overall, it is the best purpose. Fun for
everyone. It would take a lot of work to achieve that, though.
-Mike...
05-09-2003, 11:47 AM
