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One day Eve was near the forbidden tree and she saw some animals eating the fruit of the tree. They didn't die! She thought to herself, "Maybe the fruit isn't bad for animals. But I am not an animal, I am from Adam's rib!" | One day Eve was near the forbidden tree and she saw some animals eating the fruit of the tree. They didn't die! She thought to herself, "Maybe the fruit isn't bad for animals. But I am not an animal, I am from Adam's rib!" | ||
<ref>Since the serpent was 'more subtle' than the other animals, the other animals were tempting Eve in a blatant way. </ref> | <ref group="misc">Since the serpent was 'more subtle' than the other animals, the other animals were tempting Eve in a blatant way. </ref> | ||
Then the serpent came by. He approached a large fruit. Eve thought to herself, "Surely he can't eat that!" But the serpent unhinged his jaw and swallowed it whole. "Oh, he will choke on it!" But she watched in amazement as the fruit kept it's shape and traveled down the serpent's body. | Then the serpent came by. He approached a large fruit. Eve thought to herself, "Surely he can't eat that!" But the serpent unhinged his jaw and swallowed it whole. "Oh, he will choke on it!" But she watched in amazement as the fruit kept it's shape and traveled down the serpent's body. | ||
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<ref>{{bgw| Ge 3:6 }} And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.</ref> | <ref>{{bgw| Ge 3:6 }} And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.</ref> | ||
When Eve took a bite, immediately she learned to disobey God. She made her own rules. She thought she was like God making rules, just by disobeying. She gave Adam some. | When Eve took a bite, immediately she learned to disobey God. She made her own rules. She thought she was like God making rules, just by disobeying. She gave Adam some. | ||
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, but he watched Eve eat. He thought to himself, "It can't be as bad as God said. Eve didn't die, and she thinks it's good. God gave her to me to help me | , but he watched Eve eat. He thought to himself, "It can't be as bad as God said. Eve didn't die, and she thinks it's good. God gave her to me to help me | ||
<ref>{{bgw| Ge 2:18 ¶ And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.</ref> | <ref>{{bgw| Ge 2:18 ¶ And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.</ref> | ||
, and it's what she made for dinner."<ref>{{bgw| Ge 3:6 }} And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.</ref> | , and it's what she made for dinner." | ||
<ref>{{bgw| Ge 3:6 }} And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.</ref> | |||
So he ate it. Immediately he learned to disobey God. He learned to make his own rules as if he were a god. Furthermore, he didn't believe that God loved him and was now afraid of God. So he hid in the tree. | So he ate it. Immediately he learned to disobey God. He learned to make his own rules as if he were a god. Furthermore, he didn't believe that God loved him and was now afraid of God. So he hid in the tree. | ||
<ref>{{bgw| Ge 3:8 }} And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God [in the tree] of the garden. </ref> | <ref>{{bgw| Ge 3:8 }} And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God [in the tree] of the garden. </ref> | ||
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He learned those things that God didn't want him to know. The tree was called the "Tree of the knowledge of good and evil". It taught Adam how to be evil. There was nothing magic about the tree. All he had to do was disobey God. | He learned those things that God didn't want him to know. The tree was called the "Tree of the knowledge of good and evil". It taught Adam how to be evil. There was nothing magic about the tree. All he had to do was disobey God. | ||
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