Lecture 8

Question 1

What does “innocence” mean for Adam and Eve in the Garden? (slide #6)

Answer 1

Adam and Eve had a limited knowledge of what was right and wrong

Question 2

What do the names Adam and Eve each mean?

Answer 2

Adam - man, mankind, ruddy, soil, (red) land

Eve - life giver

Question 3

What are the three commandments given to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and why are they given conflicting commandments?

Answer 3

1. Multiply and replenish the earth
2. Do not eat of the tree of life
3. Subdue the earth, have dominion

So that they would be forced to make a choice of their own and exercise their agency

Question 4

Know the five elements necessary for Agency. Did Adam and Eve exercise Agency in the Garden?

Answer 4

1. Law/commandments
2. Opposition
3. Knowledge of good and evil
4. Choice
5. Consequences

They could not, because they had no knowledge of good and evil

Question 5

Know the consequences of the Fall for Satan, Eve, and Adam and what they mean.

Answer 5

Satan - cursed, enmity between man and Satan, Jesus shall have power over him
Eve - Childbirth will be painful and sorrowful,
Adam - Ground is cursed, hard work to provide, death

Question 6

What is the difference between a “sin” and a “transgression” according to Elder Oaks?

Answer 6

Transgression - an exercise of mortal agency that results in the breaking of a law, a planned offense, a formality

Question 7

What are the three cautions Jackson gives us about our knowledge of Adam and Eve and the Fall?

Answer 7

1. We don’t have a complete account
2. We don’t know what is literal and what is figurative
3. We don’t know how much Adam and Eve knew and understood