Knowledge begins the day we are born; we begin to learn how to breathe, how to eat, and how to sleep, and then later we learn how to walk, how to talk, and how to ride a bicycle. We also learn not to touch a hot stove or swim right after we eat. All this knowledge is attained so quickly in our early years. Then in our teenage years we usually begin to make more mistakes, and those mistakes begin to have bigger consequences; these lessons mold and shape our lives and future choices. In Paradise Lost, John Milton shifts the concept of knowledge from being the perfect God-given amount before the Fall to being in excess after the Fall of mankind. Knowledge does not always live up to one’s expectations. As humans, we all begin as innocent
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For Adam and Eve, knowledge is the root of their sin problem; if it was not for knowledge, the Fall would not have happened. Their ignorance is what allowed them to live in perfection in a sinless place for as long as they did. They had no worries; they just had to maintain a routine of their everyday work and instructions to continue in obedience. As long as they were obedient, their world would continue to be impeccably perfect-- just as God had designed it to be. Because God is “omniscient”(10.7), He knows every detail, he is everywhere all the time, and he knows every thing about the past and future. He created everything to exist in perfection, so God gave Adam and Eve the perfect about of knowledge. This proportion, however, was not sufficient enough for Adam and Eve. They were not content with what they had; they desired to be as knowledgeable as God and in the end, that is what caused the fall of mankind. In the real world, this concept applies as well; if Americans knew of every single decision that is made by the White House, we would most likely blow a gasket. Our ignorance allows us to still live in our own freedoms and carry on our everyday lives without knowing every detail of daily decisions made by our government. Adam and Eve had the perfect proportion of knowledge: they knew their orders, what they were permitted to do, and what they were not …show more content…
When we are young, our parents tell us we cannot run around Wal-Mart by ourselves, but they do not tell us that the main reason for this rule is that there are crazy people in the world that might kidnap us. Parents should not have to explain that to a young child because it is beyond their realm of knowledge, and it might be too scary. Obeying our parents when they tell us not to run off and out of their sight, is enough to keep us safe, so it is really all that we need to know. Our parents, being more knowledgable than us, know exactly how much knowledge to teach us and how much to withhold. God knew exactly how much to give to Adam and Eve, so that is exactly how much he gave them; but he also knew that they would mess up and bring sin into the world. He allowed them to have free-will to choose because he had a plan for mankind. After the Fall, Adam and Eve are sent out of the Garden, but they leave on a hopeful note because they have been given the knowledge of what is to come in man’s future. They know that a Savior is coming to forgive them and their descendants of their sin, so they take heart in the greatest
For Adam and Eve, knowledge is the root of their sin problem; if it was not for knowledge, the Fall would not have happened. Their ignorance is what allowed them to live in perfection in a sinless place for as long as they did. They had no worries; they just had to maintain a routine of their everyday work and instructions to continue in obedience. As long as they were obedient, their world would continue to be impeccably perfect-- just as God had designed it to be. Because God is “omniscient”(10.7), He knows every detail, he is everywhere all the time, and he knows every thing about the past and future. He created everything to exist in perfection, so God gave Adam and Eve the perfect about of knowledge. This proportion, however, was not sufficient enough for Adam and Eve. They were not content with what they had; they desired to be as knowledgeable as God and in the end, that is what caused the fall of mankind. In the real world, this concept applies as well; if Americans knew of every single decision that is made by the White House, we would most likely blow a gasket. Our ignorance allows us to still live in our own freedoms and carry on our everyday lives without knowing every detail of daily decisions made by our government. Adam and Eve had the perfect proportion of knowledge: they knew their orders, what they were permitted to do, and what they were not …show more content…
When we are young, our parents tell us we cannot run around Wal-Mart by ourselves, but they do not tell us that the main reason for this rule is that there are crazy people in the world that might kidnap us. Parents should not have to explain that to a young child because it is beyond their realm of knowledge, and it might be too scary. Obeying our parents when they tell us not to run off and out of their sight, is enough to keep us safe, so it is really all that we need to know. Our parents, being more knowledgable than us, know exactly how much knowledge to teach us and how much to withhold. God knew exactly how much to give to Adam and Eve, so that is exactly how much he gave them; but he also knew that they would mess up and bring sin into the world. He allowed them to have free-will to choose because he had a plan for mankind. After the Fall, Adam and Eve are sent out of the Garden, but they leave on a hopeful note because they have been given the knowledge of what is to come in man’s future. They know that a Savior is coming to forgive them and their descendants of their sin, so they take heart in the greatest