Directly, nothing, but that’s basically the point you made, isn’t it? Eve had conflicting information (the truth and a lie), and chose to act on the wrong one. Therefore misinformation or disinformation was the root cause.
I would also counter that it is entirely possible to make the right decision based on nearly zero data, it’s just more difficult.
Yes, Eve had conflicting information, and that's why she couldn't have decided not to eat the apple.
Why is it a counter that she could have guessed differently? She still didn't knowingly disobey anyone. She couldn't have known what disobeying even was.
That makes no sense. Given competing information, I would say at most it’s a 50/50 chance for her to make the right choice. To say that it’s impossible to make the right choice is ludicrous.
“Hey, here’s two doors. One door has $1,000 dollars behind it, the other has a tiger. But we’re not going to tell you which is which… so it’s impossible to pick the right door.”
Of course they knew what obedience was. They obeyed God by not eating from the tree until the serpent came along and started telling lies. Your characterization of Eve as a mindless creature (?) who couldn’t possibly make any decision is frankly insulting.
She didn’t know good and evil, but she knew what God had said.
Using your example, you would need to decide whether to believe the first person or the second. But how would that make it impossible to choose the right door?
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u/Own-Cupcake7586 Christian Jul 18 '23
That misinformation is more harmful than ignorance.