In five pages the Adam and Eve story is examined as to whether their actions were representative of free will or indicative of weakness. There are five bibliographic sources cited.
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It was truly a place of bliss where nothing but a good and wonderful existence greeted Adam and Eve each day; however, there were restrictions God placed upon the
couple in order to instill in them the difference between wrong from right. They abided by His rules for a while until they could no longer hold back their
curiosity; after disobeying Gods direct command and eating the fruits of a forbidden tree, Adam and Eve were driven from Eden to fend for themselves. This dreadful loss of
Gods grace caused them to be cast out into an unforgiving world that held no comparison with the Garden of Eden. Clearly, they had spoiled their perfect paradise, but
were they alone responsible for making such a poor choice? "Has God said, You shall not eat of any tree of the garden? And the woman said to the
serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has
said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die" (Riskin, 1996, p. 11). God warned Adam
and Eve not to eat from the Tree of Conscience, but they did not heed his admonition. Convinced by the serpent that committing sin would pose them no harm,
they were easily tricked into believing this was true. This coaxing appeared to bee all the incentive they needed to sin against the Lord, causing Him to lose faith
in their trustworthiness, but were they truly to blame? Eden, which was once a spectacularly beautiful and welcoming place, was now a land of banishment from which God cast