"And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." (Gen 2:16-17)
But they didn't. Or did they? Before that, men were like animals--with no concept of good and evil. What was simply was, and it was neither good nor evil, as in nature. Man was innocent, like a child. But eating it opened them to the idea of morality, changing their conscience, so that they realized that there was both good and evil in them, opening them to shame and their own plurality. Their former selves, pure and innocent, gave way their to dual selves, made of good and evil.
God makes references to his own plurality in Genesis:
"Let us go down, and there confound their language." - 11:7
"Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." - 1:26
Sure, he could have been speaking to the angels, but that would mean the angels were like God. If he wasn't speaking to himself, he was speaking to others like him, who helped with creation, but the Bible makes it clear God alone was responsible for creation. Therefore god was speaking of himself and to himself. Maybe he was schizo? But more likely he was recognizing his own plurality.
But they didn't. Or did they? Before that, men were like animals--with no concept of good and evil. What was simply was, and it was neither good nor evil, as in nature. Man was innocent, like a child. But eating it opened them to the idea of morality, changing their conscience, so that they realized that there was both good and evil in them, opening them to shame and their own plurality. Their former selves, pure and innocent, gave way their to dual selves, made of good and evil.
God makes references to his own plurality in Genesis:
"Let us go down, and there confound their language." - 11:7
"Let us make man in our image, after our likeness." - 1:26
Sure, he could have been speaking to the angels, but that would mean the angels were like God. If he wasn't speaking to himself, he was speaking to others like him, who helped with creation, but the Bible makes it clear God alone was responsible for creation. Therefore god was speaking of himself and to himself. Maybe he was schizo? But more likely he was recognizing his own plurality.
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