title: Who Told You That You Were Naked?: A Refreshing Reexamination of the Garden of Eden
author: William E. Combs
description: The knowledge of good and evil we inherited from Adam is a dimension of our intellect so innate, so instinctual, so intuitive, so pervasive a way of responding to our everyday circumstances it is virtually impossible to avoid. Even though it is the wellspring of our transgressions, we are apt to overlook its devastating impact and view sin as a life-long list of errant acts, believing we can become better Christians by committing fewer of them.
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  > > “I TRUST YOU ENJOYED THE LIBERTIES  
  > YOU TOOK WHILE I WAS RESTING?”
  
  > > “Liberties, my lady?”
  
  > > “How dare you touch me,” she snapped, “let alone remove so much as a
  > slipper from my foot!”
  
  > > “Ahh,” he said. “Those liberties. You would have preferred to sleep in
  > cold, wet clothes?” His gaze raked appreciatively down the shapeless form of
  > the cloak and left no doubt as to what he recalled seeing beneath. “I
  > thought it a convenient opportunity to assess the precise value of the goods
  > I am holding to ransom. Had I done so earlier, I heartily believe I would
  > have put a much higher price on returning them undamaged.”
  
  > > “Then … you did not—” Servanne bit her lip, resenting the flow of ruddy
  > colour that made his smile widen further.
  
  > > “If I did?”
  
  > > “If you did”—she searched his face in vain for a trace of humanity—“then
  > you are a lower, viler creature than ever I could have imagined. Will you or
  > will you not answer my question truthfully