If Eve had ignored the snake, what trick do you think that God would have tried next to liven up the game?

Thank you! I thought I was the only one who wondered why an omniscient father would be so irresponsible as to allow a snake access to his children. The next trick was leaving the dangerously powerful tree of knowledge unguarded.

Only after this setup did god sadistically kick his children out, and quite frankly told them they were going to die. If god was real and alive today, CPS would lock him up and throw away the key.

Edit: I apologise. 'Sadistically' is subjective and conjectural. I should not have included it with the facts.

Then of course the Serpent transforms itself into an equally beautiful Maiden, then would tell Adam in front of Eve, that only the most beautiful and deserving woman would be given that fruit... and ANY woman in the Beautiful Garden that doesn't receive that Gift of Fruit would be the biggest loser of all... and Any who DOES eat receive and eat the fruit would be as Glorious as God

Adam..fearing that he ain't gonna get some "Rib" will succumb and pluck the fruit for Eve

That's always been a sticking point with me too - it would be like putting a piece of candy in front of a little kid and saying 'now don't touch that'.

And then walking away, coming back to the obvious result - and then making everyone else that ever lives responsible for it.

If it happened like that, then God has got some serious issues.

First off, God didn't tempt Eve, Satan did. God had no say, well he didn't, but he didn't interfer.

Satan would've have done whatever he could have to try and get Adam and Eve to break the commandment. He might have turned into another animal to tempt her. He would have never given up.

And it did happen!!!!!!!!! Other wise you wouldn't be here asking this question!

I think that Satan would have simply tried again and again and again until he got to Eve. that guy never gives up!.......after all, how long can a human soul resist the sweet temptation of sin?

~PhoeniX~

This is the first time I have seen an early Gnosticism point of view from a perosn who doesn't believe in God.

It just goes to show you why the devil chose a woman to trick. They don't know what to think until a man tells them. *winks*

**response edit.

Hun, I do not think women are any less intelligent than men. The facts of Eve's downfall was not because she was she. That was in jest to show that I also can be as insultive of your positions as your positions are insultive of my belief.

The real sin was Adam's acceptance of sin. It was his own free will. Had he admonished Eve, they both would have been a whole lot happier.

I see little point in second-guessing the activities of fictional characters.

In ancient JudaoChristian spirituality, most of Holy Writ was considered allegorical, not literal. QED: There WAS no Garden of Eden, per se. The scriptural purpose is didactic, not historical.

+sergius

Archbishop

Holy Transfiguration Skete

Burned up all other food sources in the garden except the fruit on the tree of knowledge of good and evil?

Wierd way of putting it and clearly you don't believe any of this but if Eve had ignored the snake, Lucifer (A.K.A the Devil, not God) would have tried more tricks and probably succeded eventually because that was the destiny of humanity.

Well, guessing from god's character, he probably would have said 'OK, I was only joking, you can eat from the tree'. Then, as they ate, he would have said 'Ha! Tricked you! I was testing your faith, you heathens!'