Anonymous

I'm an Atheist (of sorts), and I'm interested in asking a single question about the Garden of Eden.

You see, this 'Garden of Eden' was supposedly a place without pain or suffering. God told Adam and Eve to not take from the magic tree with the talking snake. They did, he punished them; bye-bye paradise. That's how it went, in general... Pardon the paraphrase.

Now, if this place was truly without pain or suffering, how did they understand consequence? God didn't impart to them anything like that; nothing bad- it was paradise. So how could they understand anything bad if they knew nothing ABOUT it? Do you blame a child for knocking over expensive glassware? You'd like to, probably, but he didn't know it was expensive; he has no understanding of expenses and money.

Now, I know what you may say; "God imparted the wisdom of consequence unto them.", but then you have destroyed paradise with unfavorable circumstances; paradise doesn't have consequences, and to give someone knowledge of it completely removes that.

So, can someone explain this one to me?