GTJ 1:1 (Spr 1980) p. 72 an expanded vista of perception. God, on the other hand, asserted that eating would bring certain death. Adam faced the problem of conflicting truth claims. To determine which claim was the true and dependable guide for conduct, Adam established a third authority. He weighed the converging and diverging evidence for each hypothesis and thus became the final authority and standard for truth. How should Adam have responded to this epistemological-ethical test? Is it possible