The Two "Conflicting" Commandments in Eden

[Phanuel]

There was no contradiction in the Garden, as God doesn?t and never has given us conflicting commandments, then held us responsible for our choices. As President Joseph Fielding Smith once said about this topic:

"The Lord said to Adam, here is the tree of knowledge of good and evil. If you want to stay here (in this paradisiacal state) then you cannot eat of that fruit. If you want to stay here then I forbid you to eat it. But you may act for yourself and you may eat of it if you want to. And if you eat it you will die."

Adam initially chose obedience to this command. Eve, on the other hand, allowed Satan and his sophistry into the Garden, and was ultimately deceived. As a result, Adam was forced to choose between remaining in the Garden or accompanying his help meet into the lone and dreary world, where they would be able to fulfill the first commandment "to be fruitful and multiply."

Thankfully for us, Adam exercised his agency wisely and chose to remain with Eve.

[MorningStar]

The question I would ask any non-LDS person is this: "Were Adam and Eve anatomically correct?"

If they were then God knew they would eventually take of the fruit and start the process of populating the world. In a strange way, God putting the tree there would be akin to subscribing to a porn site and telling your teenagers that they can surf all they want but they are forbidden to click on the icon on your opening page to look at the porn. You absolutely know, unless you are totally clueless, that every one of your young sons and daughters will eventually click on the icon. Now can't we conclude that God is smarter than any parent on earth? He knew they would eventually partake of the fruit and that the plans of God to populate the earth would get rolling.

Couldn't you do a comparison with candy or something? Like a parent leaves a child in the room alone with a Snickers and tells them not to eat it?

[Calm]

Couldn't you do a comparison with candy or something? Like a parent leaves a child in the room alone with a Snickers and tells them not to eat it?

You are obviously not a mother, MS. There are tons of kids that could care less about candy, but what kid can resist porn. In fact, every time I go to the store and we are waiting in line my kids are just begging me to buy the latest smut magazine.

[emeliza]

You are obviously not a mother, MS. There are tons of kids that could care less about candy, but what kid can resist porn. In fact, every time I go to the store and we are waiting in line my kids are just begging me to buy the latest smut magazine.

Dang, there goes my drink all over my computer screen.

[MorningStar]

Dang, there goes my drink all over my computer screen.

You should never drink while reading this forum. It's dangerous.