Adam & Eve Question

**YNKYH8R** · 12-08-2004, 12:57 PM

Why were Adam and Eve ashamed of being naked when God made them that way? Does this mean that God wants us naked or clothed? It seems to me this is where the idea of uncovered bodies was or is immoral. Am I right? Does someone have an answer?

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**flute** · 12-08-2004, 02:41 PM

I am not a Bible quoter. Although I believe you'll find your answer in chapters 2-4 of Genisis..

But, I can tell you that Adam & Eve were created naked, and never ashamed to be so. Not until after Eve ate from the Fruit of the Forbidden tree, Satan tempted her & tricked her to eat it.

Then, after they ate from the tree, they hid from god. God asked them why & Adam replied that they were naked & ashamed. God's response was "so then you did eat from the tree of the forbidden fruit, which I told you not to do so"
They made fig leaves and so with the first sin so man has fallen into sin.

**donnakc** · 12-08-2004, 02:55 PM

Adam and Eve were clothed with the glory of God. When they sinned, the glory left them. They were then "naked"...........no more glory.

**YNKYH8R** · 12-09-2004, 07:05 AM

Okay, let me refine the question, because it was kind of vague to begin with. I guess I want to know why would they be ashamed of a state they had always lived in before. They were always naked, never ashamed, then tney were ashamed of their nakedness, even though they were used to it and were never ashamed before. They eat from the tree of "Knowledge", "good and bad" or whatever you want to call it. They become enlightened realize they are naked and become ashamed. The way the text is written seems to suggest they were living in ashamefull state the whole time and were ignorant to it. If this is true, what is GOd's in tent?

**Njean31** · 12-09-2004, 07:42 AM

here's a small blurb on it i found at [url]http://answersingenesis.org

Genesis teaches that when God made Adam and Eve they were naked. But sin came into the world, and sin distorts anything. Sin distorts nakedness. Immediately Adam and Eve knew they were naked, and they tried to make a pair of pants out of fig leaves. They still saw their nakedness. God came and killed animals and gave them coats. This was the first blood sacrifice. It was a covering for their sin. The same word for these animal-skin coats is used of the priest's coat. It means a complete covering or 'atonement.' We, too, are to wear clothes to cover our nakedness.

**YNKYH8R** · 12-09-2004, 08:08 AM

So if nakedness is a sin, why did God make them naked? And if nakedness is not a sin, then why did God make them clothes?

**Njean31** · 12-09-2004, 08:27 AM

Genesis 3 describes a story in the Garden of Eden.

In a common traditional Protestant interpretation, Satan, in the form of a snake convinces Eve that God has lied to her and her partner Adam concerning the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. It convinces her to eat the fruit of the tree so that they will become as gods. . Adam later follows suit. By this act, sin entered the world for the first time. With it, death also enters the world. (The Church has taught that before this event, animals lived forever, and without bloodshed.) God curses the snake, Adam, Eve and even the earth itself. The sin of Adam and Eve becomes imputed to all of the descendents of the original couple i.e. the entire human race to the present day. This is often described as the fall of humanity. A massive gulf was created by Adam and Eve's disobedience which can only be bridged by the salvation offered by Jesus Christ.
The Roman Catholic Church deviates somewhat from the Protestant interpretation. They acknowledge that Genesis 3 is not a precise historical account of the events involving the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. However, they teach that it is based on a historical event. "The account of the fall in Genesis 3 uses figurative language, but affirms a primeval event, a deed that took place at the beginning of the history of man. Revelation gives us the certainty of faith that the whole of human history is marked by the original fault freely committed by our first parents." 1

Genesis is an allegory. It describes the transition of the human race from a state of innocence, where people lived as near-animals. They were initially unaware of their own mortality; they had no concept of a moral sense; they were nomadic hunters and gatherers who lived off the land. After the transition they had a moral sense. They realized that their life on earth was finite. They settled down and became farmers.

the realization of nakedness came with sin, after they ate from the tree of knowledge.

**YNKYH8R** · 12-09-2004, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by Njean31

the realization of nakedness came with sin, after they ate from the tree of knowledge.

So does this mean that nakedness is a sin?

**YNKYH8R** · 12-09-2004, 10:26 AM

So now another question emerges. Now either something is missing from the story, or someone is being too harsh. From what I understand Adam and Eve were given instruction on not to eat from a particular plant. A third party is introduced and says that eating from the tree will not cause you to die. So therefore doubt is introduced.

So, basically, you take two children and put them in a room with a potentially dangerous item and tell them not to play with it because of the consequences. Someone other authority comes along and dictates otherwise. The children play with the item.

The punishment is to never have the same kind of relationship again with the children. And kick out the third party. Am I right so far?

So it makes me wonder, why leave them in a place with something you don’t want touched? What was the purpose for the tree to begin with? If God is omnipotent does he really need a tree that has this knowledge lying around? Wouldn’t it make sense to not have the serpent around in the first place? Or not have the tree at all? And the real kicker is God knew all of this was going to happen and let it happen anyway.

If you leave a gun out, tell your kids not to play with it, and they do and hurt themselves or someone else aren’t you in the wrong for leaving it out in the open anyway?

Just some things that crossed my mind…

**Njean31** · 12-09-2004, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by YNKYH8R

So now another question emerges. Now either something is missing from the story, or someone is being too harsh. From what I understand Adam and Eve were given instruction on not to eat from a particular plant. A third party is introduced and says that eating from the tree will not cause you to die. So therefore doubt is introduced.

So, basically, you take two children and put them in a room with a potentially dangerous item and tell them not to play with it because of the consequences. Someone other authority comes along and dictates otherwise. The children play with the item.

The punishment is to never have the same kind of relationship again with the children. And kick out the third party. Am I right so far?

So it makes me wonder, why leave them in a place with something you don’t want touched? What was the purpose for the tree to begin with? If God is omnipotent does he really need a tree that has this knowledge lying around? Wouldn’t it make sense to not have the serpent around in the first place? Or not have the tree at all? And the real kicker is God knew all of this was going to happen and let it happen anyway.

If you leave a gun out, tell your kids not to play with it, and they do and hurt themselves or someone else aren’t you in the wrong for leaving it out in the open anyway?

Just some things that crossed my mind…

yes, nakedness i think would be a sin (just like it's against the law to walk into you kids school for pta would be) but not to be taken out of context......it's ok to take a bath and have relations with your spouse

you are questioning the unquestionable in my opinion on this last post. if you believe in God and get to heaven one day, you'll have to ask him that one. i know there are many i have to ask also

oh and i think that by the time satan met them in the Garden of Eden, he was ALREADY KICKED OUT OF HEAVEN

(i think??)

**YNKYH8R** · 12-09-2004, 01:03 PM

Well thank you for trying.

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