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   XPost: alt.christnet.christianlife   
   From: tiller@soil.org.9   
      
   > one thing we do not know and probably never will, is this;   
      
   > what would or could have happened if Adam had wandered   
   > through the garden and stumbled across a pretty little   
   > fig tree, and -that- fig tree just happened to be   
   > the Tree of Life and dear olde Adam took a bite of   
   > -that- tree, before they started comparison shopping.   
      
    > as we see, the Tree of Life was not pointed out to anyone,   
      
   but, that's another thing;   
      
   we =know= that Adam -wanted- to stay away from   
   the tree of knowledge of good and bad,   
      
   how do we know?   
      
   Adam told Eve not even to -touch- that tree.   
      
   so? well, Adam was not just sitting there   
   itching to do what God had told him not to do.   
   no, he did it cuz Eve got tricked into doing it.   
      
   once again, seems more like unintentional and not scornful intent.   
      
   the One who had the scornful intent was...The Serpent   
      
   ///   
      
   hebrew; "shagagah" and "ruwm"   
      
   where "shagagah" is spoken of concerning ignorance   
   or unintentional tresspass and "ruwm" is spoken of   
   concerning presumptuous or -grossly- intentional   
   tresspass with an eye towards raising YHWH   
   to outright scorn. (Numbers 15)   
      
   ///   
      
      
      
   > as we see, the Tree of Life was not pointed out to anyone,   
      
   > it was just /there/ and Adam could have taken a bite from it,   
   > because thee was, also, no proscription against eating from   
   >   that tree at that time.   
      
   > so, what -would- have happened had Adam took a bite from Plan A?   
      
   > but, we -should- _not_ suggest that Adam was forced to take   
   > from that other tree, and that it was the ONLY possible outcome,   
   >   just because that's what did happen.   
      
   > that's an assumption that need not be made.   
      
   > Adam had every opportunity to take from the Tree of Life.   
      
   > trouble is, after the fact, he starts stitching together   
   > a stream of excuses and cover ups from the fig.   
      
   > Adam was unfinished...   
      
   > and also...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)