Why did Eve believe satan?

[other one]

The story I heard when I was much younger was that Eve was a blond. Now I never really gave much serious credence to this, but some swear by it.

[~candice~]

The story I heard when I was much younger was that Eve was a blond. Now I never really gave much serious credence to this, but some swear by it.

[Openly Curious]

name='asecretchord' date='Aug 20 2009,

Yes, but why was Adam not the first to be deceived?

Oops. Did I say that?

It could have been that she was closer to the tree than Adam.

oc

[~candice~]

Yes, but why was Adam not the first to be deceived?

Oops. Did I say that?

It could have been she was closer to the tree than Adam was.

oc

Or perhaps Adam was hiding behind Eve

[Openly Curious]

Yes, but why was Adam not the first to be deceived?

Oops. Did I say that?

It could have been she was closer to the tree than Adam was.

oc

Or perhaps Adam was hiding behind Eve

You might be on to something there

Men do like to hide behind women sometimes

oc

[EricH]

The scriptures don't give us a specific reaason why. Paul in retrospect said this:

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed.

(1Timothy 2:14 HCSB)

My observation is that in general women will be convinced they are doing the right thing (even when it is wrong). Men on the other hand will know what they are doing is wrong and not care.

That is neither biblical nor funny.

I did not claim it to be either. Thus the term "my observation". It is what I have observed through years of counseling couples. We see the same thing with Adam and Eve. Eve was deceived (she believed she was doing the right thing). Adam just went along. In general, what I have observed in people, is that if women are convinced what they believe is right, they will do their best to do it. Men on the other hand may know something is right, but just not do it. They some times need more "encouraging". It is what I have observed in counseling situations. It is not always true. But generally it is what I have observed. Just because we observe a certain behavior is more common for one sex or the other does not mean does not make the observation sexist. It only becomes sexist when we ascribe value to it (one is better than the other). I am taking it you do not believe Paul was sexist when he described women as the "weaker vessel".

[Openly Curious]

Oh, Adam WAS next.

Gen. 3:6 ". . . . She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it."

Let me rephrase that, sorry. I meant why wasn't it Adam that had given Eve the apple?

Because truth is Eve was decieved by the serpent she had all kinds of lies floating around in her head Adam on the other hand did not have. Adam was not being egged on by Satan of course so, Adam couldn't see nor hear the thoughts in Eve's head.

But mainly it was because the truth in the word tells us why? it was because the woman was decieved (tricked) into eating the fruit as she desired to eat of it in light of the pretty picture Satan painted before her and the man did not have such a vision floating around in the thoughts of his head.

oc

[~candice~]

I did not claim it to be either. Thus the term "my observation". It is what I have observed through years of counseling couples. We see the same thing with Adam and Eve. Eve was deceived (she believed she was doing the right thing), Adam just went along. In general what I have observed in people is that if women are convinced what they believe is right, they will do it. Men on the other hand may know something is right, but just not do it. It is what I have observed in counseling situations. It is not always true. But generally it is what I have observed. Just because we observe a certain behavior is more common for one sex or the other does not mean does not make the observation sexist.

I didn't say it was sexist, but I think it is an over generalisation. Perhaps that generalisation is true more in the couples you see for counselling, than in general. Plenty of women make deliberate sins and plenty of men are deceived.

[Openly Curious]

Yes, but why was Adam not the first to be deceived?

Oops. Did I say that?

It could have been she was closer to the tree than Adam was.

oc

Or perhaps Adam was hiding behind Eve

You might be on to something there

Men do like to hide behind women sometimes

oc

Had the occasional woman hide behind this man too.

Hmmm..is this co-operation .

Now your getting down to the meat of things

[Lucinda]

Because she was deceived.

Yes, but why was Adam not the first to be deceived?

Oops. Did I say that?

Because the serpent approached her first...?