Donna Danna (28 March 2012)
"TO: PATTI C."


In reply to your post at http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/march2012/michaelc327-5.htm
I really didn't think about the possibility of the Lord telling Eve something different from what He had already told Adam because we are just going by what Eve said that the Lord said to her because the Bible doesn't say that the Lord said that, and we don't know if the Lord directly told her later not to eat nor touch the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil although we know that the Lord directly told Adam not to eat the fruit of that tree.  I thought Adam might have relayed the information to Eve not to eat the fruit from it.  There is no mention of the Lord telling Adam not to touch the fruit.  And of course, the Lord doesn't lie.  If Eve added those words about not touching the fruit, and God really didn't tell her not to touch the fruit, then I don't think she would have realized at that point in time that she had added to the words of God since she had no knowledge of good and evil at that point in time.  However, after she ate the forbidden fruit and had a knowledge of good and evil, I think she would have realized it then.  I can't say that I ever thought about the possibility of the Lord telling Adam and Eve something different until you pointed out that possibility. However, I don't see what the Lord's point would have been to tell Eve not to touch the forbidden fruit when the Lord didn't originally tell Adam that.  Did the Lord later directly tell both Adam and Eve not to eat nor touch the fruit lest they die?  The Bible doesn't say.  We only have what Eve said that the Lord said, but it doesn't make sense that the Lord later told them both not to eat nor touch the fruit lest they die because in order to eat the fruit, you have to touch it.  Even if the Lord possibly just told Eve alone not to eat nor touch the fruit, why would it be necessary for Him to tell her not to touch it because by eating it she would be touching it which is why I thought of the possibility of Eve adding the words not to touch the forbidden fruit.