Good and Evil
Good and Evil in Books Genesis and Gilgamesh In the book Genesis and Gilgamesh the authors main points are good and evil. Conflicts arise between the two topics good and evil. Good and evil have been around from the days of Adam and Eve. Maybe even before their time. In the dictionary the word good means proper, right and commendable. While on the other hand evil means bad, harmful. Thus, evil is supposed to be the opposite of good, but if we were to take a close look we would see that evil is related to good. In the book of Genesis, good and evil was mentioned however God first mentions it. In the book Gilgamesh good and evil is also talk about. The gods are the one who spoke of good and evil. In the book of Genesis humankind decided to disobey God and the consequence of that decision was evil in the sight of God. In the book of Genesis, Adam seems to good and Eve seems to be bad. Adam seems good because when God told him not to eat from the tree of knowledge Adam obeyed when he was without his female companion. When Eve was created things seem to have went from good to bad. God knew Adam and Eve didn't know any better than to eat of the tree. Eve was the
When Adam was in the Garden of Eden alone he did all the things God had ask for him to do? When Eve was created, she was told by God not to eat of a particular tree. Eve was disobedient in the sight of God; she ate of the tree and fed it to her husband. However, the serpent tricked Eve into eating the fruit of the forbidden tree. If the serpent had not tricked Eve with the thought of being like a God, the humans would not have angered God and he would not have taken away their chance of immortality. In Genesis it shows us how evil has deprived us from eternity. PAGE 4
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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