Charis

Cheryl,

Does the Bible identify the moment sin entered the world?  The responsibility for the entrance of sin into the world seems to be laid upon Adam, so I wonder if Katharine Bushnell is onto something here?:

31. After Adam was created, Genesis 1:31 tells us, “God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.” Therefore Adam was very good; but this condition did not last. Genesis 2:18 tells us that presently God says: “It is not good that the man [or “Adam”], should be alone.” The “very good” state of humanity becomes “not good.” What had wrought signs of this change?
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    Whyte quotes Behman as teaching,—
    “There must have been something of the nature of a stumble, if not an actual fall, in Adam while yet alone in Eden . . . Eve was created [he should say, “elaborated”] to ‘help’ Adam to recover himself, and to establish himself in Paradise, and in the favor, fellowship and service of his Maker.”