Now theologians can’t just think. They have to test out their ideas. So first I tested it out on Adam to see what he thought. I guess that was asking a lot. His response was “I’m too tired to think about it now. If you try it, let me know. I’m going to go and watch the bear coconut championship game.” So he grabbed a gourd of grape juice that he said helped him relax and he went off to watch his game.
I looked at that fruit on the tree and saw that it really was delightful to look at. I once tried to explain to Adam how the colors of the different fruits, leaves, and blossoms matched so perfectly. His response was, “Huh?” Anyway, I figured anything that was so beautiful and made by such a good God couldn’t be that harmful, so I decided to taste just a little piece of it.
I couldn’t see how having a little knowledge of what was good and what was evil would hurt. It might even relieve God of having to make all those decisions. And maybe it would make us better people. After all, you can’t make choices between good and evil if you don’t know what is good and what is evil. I just wanted to know the difference so that I could choose good.
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