The idea of speaking with "a forked tongue" illustrates the concept of tempting someone into sin by using words with double meanings. "You won't die," said the serpent to Eve. Yet God had told her that "In day you eat of the fruit, you will die." Although Eve lived long enough to mother at least three children, she "died" in some way when she ate the forbidden [[fruit of knowledge]]. | The idea of speaking with "a forked tongue" illustrates the concept of tempting someone into sin by using words with double meanings. "You won't die," said the serpent to Eve. Yet God had told her that "In day you eat of the fruit, you will die." Although Eve lived long enough to mother at least three children, she "died" in some way when she ate the forbidden [[fruit of knowledge]]. |