The very first question in the Bible does not come from God, Adam, or Eve. It comes from the serpent, a deceptive, leading question, designed to reframe reality before Eve ever answers.
Sharp analysis on how the serpent's framing precedes the deception. The observation that Eve adds "neither shall you touch it" is key, it shows the question already shifted her from repeating revelation to interpreting restriction. I've watched this same pattern with QAnon stuff where people say "do your own research" but the research question itself smuggles the conclussion. It's like when someone asks "when did you stop beating your wife" except more subtle. The Bereans comparison is solid becuase they were testing claims against a fixed standard rather than letting charisma or curiosity drive the epistemology.
PLEASE help me find the article you wrote regarding Bible plans and reading. It was the first article I have read of yours and I totally agreed. I so want to print to give to my husband but cannot find.
Thanks so much, I look forward to reading more before joining.
Sharp analysis on how the serpent's framing precedes the deception. The observation that Eve adds "neither shall you touch it" is key, it shows the question already shifted her from repeating revelation to interpreting restriction. I've watched this same pattern with QAnon stuff where people say "do your own research" but the research question itself smuggles the conclussion. It's like when someone asks "when did you stop beating your wife" except more subtle. The Bereans comparison is solid becuase they were testing claims against a fixed standard rather than letting charisma or curiosity drive the epistemology.
Well said: 'The goal was never truth-seeking. It was to destabilize the authority of God’s word.'
PLEASE help me find the article you wrote regarding Bible plans and reading. It was the first article I have read of yours and I totally agreed. I so want to print to give to my husband but cannot find.
Thanks so much, I look forward to reading more before joining.
Judy Truex Reed
judytruexreed@gmail.com