Mormons: If Adam & Eve couldn't procreate prior to the fall then why weren't they counted transgressors before eating the forbidden fruit, for failing to fulfill God's commandment to do so in Gen 1:28? Wasn't that the GREATER of the two commandments?
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Here's the deal. Adam and Eve were innocent of the physical. Not the physical sex act, the physical plane. They were of the spirit as we all were and they fell towards the physical and manifested bodies that are much denser due to their gravitation from the spiritual plane towards the lower, physical plane. The bite of the apple opens the door to their quest and need for food and pleasure on the physical. They stepped into a world of their own devise and the snake is the ego. They just took a step down for us all for awhile. They are still Divine Souls in a human body.
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Tempest in a teapot.
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Most people believe this story is allegorical in some way. There is supposed to be some question about the "father" of Cain, or so some stories claim. If you look at the "key of Solomon" on u-tube, there are some interesting references to "another" lineage. Jesus said "Let them all grow up together" and some take it to mean 2 separate genealogies. The "gift", some say, is the chance for some to give up the ways of "their" family and join with those who have the "spiritual" genes of the original family. You may know more about this or suspect more, since it's given that it's all a mystery. And those who "believe" they know, may be more mistaken that they think. It's surely one of the most interesting mysteries of all time- since it involves our creation.
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I tried to answer it in the way I knew how. Man would be hard pressed to transgress against the commandment to go forth and multiply, just because of our sex drive and their probable lack of birth control LOL. And the "forbidden fruit" may not have been "fruit" in the sense that we knew it. When Christ was asked about the stories of the Old Testament He said (And please correct me if I'm wrong!) These things were written as examples. But I don't remember reading anything about which transgression was greater and how one would proceed the other. Sorry.
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There was no time limit on that commandment. And they did indeed fulfill it.
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