Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 75
? 68 So, is What Satan told Adam, therefore, was in effect: "God has made you the radiator of His attributes. One of the Divine attributes is His Power of discriminating between good and evil. As God knows good from evil, so, should you know good from evil. And the only way to do that you should partake of the fruit of knowledge. And if you would not eat of it, you will have no means of knowing good from bad. And through lack of knowledge of good and evil, you will not become the perfect manifestation of Divine attributes. It is, therefore, imperative that you should partake of its fruit; in other words, become like God by eating its fruit or, in still better language, if you will eat of the fruit of this tree, you will have attained the object of your existence for which God made you. " Suppose it all happened in this manner; if Adam was thus led to an error of judgment, would any blame attach to him? A person walks up to Adam and says: "Look, 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