Yes! Our behavior is not the sin, they are only symptoms of the disease SIN. One's outward actions do not necessarily reveal the inner man. Think of the demoniacs! Paul, Romans 7, understood that it is not only in the actions, but not even the desire.

Matthew 5:27-28 You have heard that it was said by them of old time, You shall not commit adultery: 28 But I say to you, That whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Matthew 15:19-20 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands defiles not a man.

Matthew 19:17-21 And he said to him, Why call you me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He said to him, Which? Jesus said, You shall do no murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, 19 Honor your father and your mother: and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 20 The young man said to him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 21 Jesus said to him, If you will be perfect, go and sell that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.

1 John 2:9-11 He that said he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He that loves his brother stays in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. 11 But he that hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and knows not where he goes, because that darkness has blinded his eyes.

1 John 3:14-16 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He that loves not his brother stays in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.

1 John 4:20-21 If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God love his brother also.

But if that was the case, then the fruit had in it MGEs that changed Adam's information system. And regardless of its immediate effects, this paradigm considers that change to be sin. Hence, the fruit contained sin, which ALWAYS kills.

There is no such thing as a harmless MGE, since MGEs=sin. Right?

But in this paradigm, MGEs and epigenetic switches are passed down from father to son. Therefore, sin and its inevitable death are passed from one generation to the next, Eze 18 notwithstanding.

Furthermore, the propensities/desires themselves are sins, regardless of one's actions.

If there was something in the fruit that suppressed Adam's cellular defense mechanisms, that's harmful, isn't it? That means that either God's perfect creation had harmful elements, or Satan was able to sow his evil seeds in Eden before Adam disobeyed. Both options are unpalatable.

I checked this morning, and lecture #3 has been posted so the Loma Linda presentation must have gone on without technical difficulties. The title, is "Another look at sin. Part 1: The Human Condition". Part 3 discusses the impact of mobile genetic elements on human health and disease.

Does it answer any of my recent questions?

Good point.

Was it poison, that would cause death? Nope. Was it Satan's goal to kill Adam and Eve? Nope.

Rosangela, I did not know you were listening to this series.