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Is not what he said also the truth? Did God give Eve to him. Did not Eve give the fruit to him? So you see the same argument you use for Eve could equally apply to Adam.

Different emphasis. He did not eat of the fruit because God gave the woman to him and the woman gave the fruit to him. That’s like saying God made the sky and the sky was blue so I ate the fruit and therefore it’s the sky’s fault and God’s fault I ate. Sure God made the sky and it’s blue but that had nothing to do with his actions. The fact that God made the woman and the woman offered him the fruit had nothing to do with him eating the fruit. He was not compelled by Eve, and God did not make her with a sinful nature so that her actions compelled him. Adam was clearly blameshifting. He was saying ‘she made me do it’ and you gave her to me, so ‘it’s your fault too’….. ‘so, don’t blame me’.

Both were sinless and perfect.

Whereas, the serpent deceiving the woman had much to do with why she ate it. He confused her into thinking she was not doing what God told her not to do. That is the nature of deception and deceivers. This is why God cursed the serpent. The lesson that we learn from this is that even if we are deceived we will still suffer the consequences of our errors and wrong doings. Both Adam and Eve suffered the consequences of sinning. They suffered an immediate spiritual loss. They thought they were naked when before they did not. And they now would suffer death.

To try to equalize being deceived into an action and deliberately knowingly choosing an action has all the appearances of trying to cover one’s own sin and diminish it’s true depth.