[grip_daddy]

The chapter describes briefly the origin of sin and consequences both temporal and eternal that arose due to man's act of disobedience. Reading this chapter critically reveals some contradictions that I would seek clarifications:

1. How was it that the serpent was carning? Was it created as such or ability to beguile is not in itself sinful?

2. Was the curse on the serpent to eat dust literal? Most snakes eat animals and insects.

3. The bible says elsewhere that only Christ's death can give a sinful man hope to live again. How then could the tree of life have given man some eternity in disregard to God's will? Did the tree of life contain self sustaining life apart from God that warranted protection by Cherubims? If man ate the tree of life after he had sinned, could he have acquired immortality beyond God's ability to destroy?