Cheryl Schatz

Waneta Dawn,
You said:

Now Eve was sinless. She knew nothing at all of sin. She had no practice with identifying a con artist, so she ate.

Adam, on the other hand, had no such good motives. His motives were closer to Lucifer’s. He was openly rebelling against God and wanting to take God’s place.

You are exactly right. And the other thing that is quite eye-opening is that although Eve could have rightfully blamed Adam, she did not. Adam had just blamed a deceived woman (and God!) for his sin when he had eaten with his eyes wide open to the truth. Yet Adam said nothing to the serpent or to Eve to either rebuke the serpent or warn Eve of the deception. Why is it that Eve did not blame Adam for failing to warn her when he himself was not deceived? I personally cannot think of any good reason other than she loved him and was blaming the serpent for deceiving her without blaming Adam for his inaction. What a difference between her love for him and his willing to throw his own wife “under the bus” to try to have a legal excuse for what he did.