Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Satan and Eve
Satan seeks to turn Eve by convincing her that by eating the apple, her life will be better much like how the snake's life was supposedly improved by eating the apple. He goes on to say that God would want her to eat the apple and live a better life and he would praise her for being brave enough to do so. Satan makes it sound like God put the tree of knowledge into Eden as some sort of test for man to see if they are brave enough to risk death to attain a happier life. Then Satan says that by eating the apple Eve will attain a knowledge of good and evil which she can use to avoid evil. One main point of religion is faith and submission to God, which is why Satan uses the opposite of blind faith, logic, to convince Eve to turn her back on God.
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I'm glad you see how Satan places the emphasis on what God really wants Eve to do, like he's using some kind of divine reverse psychology. But then he's done the same thing in justifying his own disobedience. Can you remember when he does this?
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