To eat from the tree, therefore, was not just an act of theft ​ — taking that which belonged to God — ​ but also a presumptuous grasp at moral independence, or self - determination.
Pievērsiet uzmanību, ko Sātans teica pēc tam, kad viņš melīgi bija apgalvojis Ievai, ka ne viņa, ne viņas vīrs ” nemirs vis ”, ja ēdīs aizliegtā koka augļus.