About the story of Adam and Eve?

Question

First of all, I know that Adam and Eve is a fictional story, just like the rest of creation.

But in the story, it seems highly convenient that Eve was the one who did the big sin and that Adam was just the innocent one.

This sounds like a sexist modification by the church to endorse treating women like second-class citizens to men, and as property. I mean, Osama-Bin Laden is a man. Hitler was a man. Kent Hovind is a man.

So I think it was the man who should have been the idiot, but they put the woman as the bad guy to take the blame off them.

Sexist, this is.

Answer 1

The ancient Hebrews were a patriarchal society so you would expect their mythology to reflect this.

Answer 2

Adam wasn't innocent. He was guilty. That's why he shared in the punishement. Eve wasn't evil, she was fooled by the adversary. The great liar and tempter. The original sin was high treason, to confer the dominion of the earth to God's great enemy. And the enemy covered this up by lies and heresys, like the ones you mentioned to deceive everyone into the myth that God doen't exist. The same lie is used 'Has God REALLY said?'. Same lie, different context, same result. Confusion, heresy, error and suffering. So, being a man, I do not think it is sexist as BOTH Adam and Eve fell at the same time. Adam was not a fool and neither was Eve. They had the same brain we do today. And today many thousands of people are fooled just as you have been. Into denying God. Into denying Creation. Into denying the truth. But lets be clear. It was BOTH of them that sinned that day. So women are not inferior to men in any way. Not in God's eyes or in mine. We are all responsible for our actions.

Answer 3

i think that you are misinterpreting the scripture. the bible does not say that Adam was innocent in that situation. the truth of the matter is that Adam was the one who received the command from God not Eve, therefore, it was Adams responsibility to uphold was was commanded and instead he chose to follow Eve who was given to him as a helper. Adam failed in his responsibility as the man to be the leader and they both failed in obeying the law that the Lord gave. therefore, they were both guilty

Answer 4

Actually Adam was just as guilty as her. He didn't have to eat the apple with her. He had just as much right to say no. But he listened and became as much as a sinner as her. No one sin is greater than the other so they are both equally to blame. Not so sexist, this is.

Answer 5

...furthermore, if you continued the story, everyone that came after Adam and Eve were a result of incest between Eve and her two sons. In other words, incest is o' 'kay.

Answer 6

The three religions agree on one basic fact: Both women and men are created by God, The Creator of the whole universe.

However, disagreement starts soon after the creation of the first man, Adam, and the first woman, Eve. The Judaeo-Christian conception of the creation of Adam and Eve is narrated in detail in Genesis (2:4-24).

God prohibited both of them from eating the fruits of the forbidden tree. The serpent seduced Eve to eat from it and Eve, in turn, seduced Adam to eat with her.

When God rebuked Adam for what he did, he put all the blame on Eve,

"The woman you put here with me --she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it."(Genesis, 3: 12).

Consequently, God said to Eve:

"I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband and he will rule over you." (Genesis, 3: 16).

To Adam He said:

"Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree of which I forbideen you to eat, “ Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life..." (Genesis, 3: 17).

The Islamic conception of the first creation is found in several places in the Qur’an, for example:

"O Adam dwell with your wife in the Garden and enjoy as you wish but approach not this tree or you run into harm and transgression. Then Satan whispered to them in order to reveal to them their shame that was hidden from them and he said: 'Your Lord only forbade you this tree lest you become angels or such beings as live forever.' And he swore to them both that he was their sincere adviser. So by deceit he brought them to their fall: when they tasted the tree their shame became manifest to them and they began to sew together the leaves of the Garden over their bodies. And their Lord called unto them: 'Did I not forbid you that tree and tell you that Satan was your avowed enemy?' They said: 'Our Lord we have wronged our own souls and if You forgive us not and bestow not upon us Your Mercy, we shall certainly be lost' " (7:19:23).

A careful look into the two accounts of the story of the Creation reveals some essential differences.

The Qur’an, contrary to the Bible, places equal blame on both Adam and Eve for their mistake. Nowhere in the Qur’an can one find even the slightest hint that Eve tempted Adam to eat from the tree or even that she had eaten before him. Eve in the Qur’an is no temptress, no seducer, and no deceiver. Moreover, Eve is not to be blamed for the pains of childbearing. God, according to the Qur’an, punishes no one for another's faults. Both Adam and Eve committed a sin and then asked God for forgiveness and He forgave them both.

Answer 7

seek professional help. soon. i hope you realize the gravity of your first statement, and your profound incompetence. i can't even begin to imagine how lost you must feel every day, never realizing god's great love.

Answer 8

Why ask a question if you do not seek the truth?

Answer 9

Not only are you stupid, but you are sick too. You had better turn, or you too will burn.