[quote=“Meno_, post:13, topic:48707, username:Meno2”]
IS the original sin
[/quote] @Meno4
False. If you’re going to interpret things literally… Genesis 1:28 (a positive command) precedes Genesis 3 (the possibly poetic “first” act of defiance… which does not cancel the command…which would be a contradiction).
The knowledge of good and evil … You never know it if you keep saying Yes to the original command. You only know neutral good. You only know evil after alienation via an alternate route.
Agape love requires choice (arbitration of will). So he gave us one.
Maybe not that one (arbitrary fruit), but… There’s always a first time for everything.