Kay

“Since those who are led astray are ones who have sinned unintentionally, I think that we can have full confidence that Eve being led astray by the serpent, sinned unintentionally. She still suffered the consequences, but the fact that God held the serpent responsible and God cursed the serpent and all animals because of what one animal did, shows that the blame was laid at the feet of the serpent, not at the feet of the one who sinned unintentionally.”

Cheryl,

If I may reiterate – many people ARE being taught that God’s words to Eve were “a curse” and not an explanation of the consequesces. But we can read, right there in Genesis 3, that God says only the serpent and the ground were cursed.
vs.17 “cursed are you above all the wild beasts” & vs.19 “cursed is the ground”

You wouldn’t believe the surprised responses by fellow Christians when I asked them to read that aloud.