to be like God. So the suggestion of the serpent that we will be like God can’t be bad.” So they ate. But the problem is that it is not right for humans to try to be like God in every way. God’s God-ness makes some things right for him to do that are not right for us to do. In Adam and Eve’s case, it is God’s right to decide for them what is good and what is evil, what is helpful and what is harmful. They are finite and do not have the wisdom to know all the factors to take into account in living
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