I found Chapter 1 very intriguing. While reading it, however, I stumbled upon a sentence that just confused me. On pg 6 it states, " God seems almost to be jealous of the fact that humans....should become more like Him in knowing good and evil." God wasn't jealous at all. He just didn't want what eventually happened o happen. He wanted us all to live in a sinless would, without war (like there is now), without killing, (like there is now), and without any type of sin ( like there is now). What just bothered me was the word that was used, "Jealous." God did say that He was a Jealous God, but only in the terms that he is jealous for our love. He wasn't jealous that Adam and Eve would become wiser, he was just worried that His plan for us, his plan for us to love, his plan for us to stay in peace would be interrupted with greater knowledge of good and evil.
Reading through the whole chapter, I must say that I enjoyed everything else, especially the part where a moral person is defined (pg 23). A moral person is a person who does things just because, without looking for any gain or recognition. Morality lies within doing something positive/ helping out because you know its right deep down without any hidden agenda. The best form of morality, in my eyes anyway, is doing things anonymously and not letting anyone know it was you, and making that want for recognition die inside you. Morality is knowing that you are a good person w/o anyone telling you, and there is no need for the satisfaction of ones ego.
~~These are the thoughts that crossed my mind~~
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Consider this though, if there wasn't the discovery of "evil" by Adam & Eve wouldn't God still be a God jealous for their love.. & wouldn't their decendents still feel like they must war with others who don't love their God? Wouldn't there still be war & violence etc. but for different reasons?
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