Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 54
54 you know you have been made in the image of God and you know that all that this means is that you should become a mirror of Divine attributes and you also are well aware that knowledge of good and evil is one of His attributes. If you will eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, you will have achieved the purpose of your existence and become the mirror of the attributes of the Supreme Creator. ”. It was such a forceful argument that Adam wilted under its weight and made an error of judgement taking the entire story in good faith. I will go to the extent of saying that even today, notwithstanding the trick imposed on Adam, many people will fall prey to a similar deception, if they are approached in the above manner, in the belief that God had willed that they should eat of the fruit of the tree and had never meant to forbid it. The Bible thus supports the view that there was the possibility of Adam being led to an error of judgement. Even according to the Bible, knowledge of good and evil is a Divine attribute: "And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of Us, to know good and evil. . . ” (Genesis, Ch. 3:2). . Here the Christians interpret "We" as standing for the. Tripartite godhead. According to Jews "We" stands for God and His angels; for, as God knows good from evil so do the angels. According to the Jewish view-point, it would mean that Adam started knowing good from evil as does God and as do His angels. According to Christian viewpoint it would mean that Adam started knowing good from evil even as does God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy. Ghost do. . The above reference shows that knowledge of good and evil is a Divine attribute and whoso has that knowledge, he