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[–] harbinbeer ago  (edited ago)

Yeah. That is what it says. Also says: "The man said, 'The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.'”

That's Adam shifting blame. First he blames God (you put here with me), then he blames her (she gave me some fruit), then he admits he was still fully involved (I ate it), the implication being that he's not culpable. It's a Satanic perspective.

And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us..."

Because the Devil wasn't totally lying. He's a smooth criminal. We're "like God," in that we were created in his likeness. The perversion of that relationship was distorted by a lie.

We were never supposed to be "like God" in our knowledge of good and evil - that is not something we're capable of handling. We aren't righteous like God is.

The Devil knew that we'd be "like God" in that we'd know what evil is. Something God can understand but has never actually done - he's without sin. The Devil knew we had a weakness for sin - so he offered us something which was a little bit true, backed behind a pack of lies. If you went to Disneyland and I did too, you'd be "like me," but you wouldn't be me.

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[–] 7even6ix2wo ago 

That's Adam shifting blame.

Seems like he was shifting blame to himself, because he did it and God told not him not to.

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[–] harbinbeer ago 

While I appreciate having this conversation, the Bible isn't some "code" which has to be deciphered according to positions which are out of context. It's quite clear from the text and from the most commonly respected positions on this particular conversation, that Adam first makes the excuse that God put the woman there, then makes the excuse that she gave him the fruit, then makes the excuse that he merely "ate it" and wasn't responsible for anything that had happened before. It's the classic, "but I didn't choose to be born," defense.