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Originally Posted by Trapped
I've also had the same thought of "why did the serpent have to be there" and tried to blame it on God. But follow my logic for a second: If God had ONLY given man the prohibition to not eat the TOTKOGAE, then man would have been influenced one way. The only influence would have been God. That's not truly free will so much as it is "influenced will". With the serpent, Adam and Eve had two inputs - God's and the serpent. This "balanced the scale" so to speak, and so Adam and Eve were truly free to choose, not overly influenced one way or the other. Input A and input B. So as strange as it may sound, I'm of the strong opinion that the serpent made it MORE fair than it otherwise would have been.
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yes there’s only two influences. Maybe there should have been a control group, like in any scientific experiement with proper results. Who’s to say Eve wasnnt more influenced by a walking talking snake than God (whom we dont know what form He tok when he spoke to Adam and Eve). Thus it can still be argued that it was MORE fair but not completely fair nor equal influences.