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:''The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her.<ref>Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation, 3rd ed., Gen 3:6 (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2007).</ref> | :''The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her.<ref>Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation, 3rd ed., Gen 3:6 (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2007).</ref> | ||
==Why was the ground cursed?== | |||
We are asked by message followers the following question: '''If adultery wasn't the original sin, why do you believe God cursed Eve in childbearing specifically?''' | |||
But a similar question could be asked with respect to Adam which is equally as relevant: '''If eating a literal fruit was not the original sin, why was the ground cursed for Adam's sake and why did the ground bear thorns and thistles for him, making it difficult to till the soil?''' | |||
:''To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ | |||
::“Cursed is the ground because of you; | |||
::through painful toil you will eat food from it | |||
::all the days of your life. | |||
::It will produce thorns and thistles for you, | |||
::and you will eat the plants of the field. | |||
::By the sweat of your brow | |||
::you will eat your food | |||
::until you return to the ground, | |||
::since from it you were taken; | |||
::for dust you are | |||
::and to dust you will return.”''<ref>The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Ge 3:17–19.</ref> | |||
=Cain was of the wicked one?= | =Cain was of the wicked one?= | ||