If Adam was perfect, how did he sin?

Question

And if perfect man can be fallible, then what's the difference between perfect and imperfect?

What is the definition of perfect in your dictionary?

Answer 1

Only Allah is perfect. Man was created as an imperfect being. And is was the gift of Free Will which allowed Man to be imperfect.

Answer 2

Adam sinned when he took the bite of the apple from Eve, from the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Good and Evil. Supposedly, if a man is perfect, he cannot err or be fallible. So your argument froma logic standpoint doesn't make sense. Sorry.....

My definition of perfect is God. Humans cannot possibly attain perfection while here on earth. It's not in our nature as human beings.

Answer 3

Perfect - Latin perfectus, finished; ult < per through + facere, to do. 1 complete in all respects, flawless. 2 in a condition of excellence, as in skill or quality. 3 Complete, accurate; exact, as, a perfect copy. To make perfect or more nearly perfect according to a given standard, as by training. Adam was in a condition of excellence, or a perfect copy of God. In that he had the best of God's personality given him, the ability to love, to have compassion. Wisdom as he was being taught by God. Adam when created was able to speak with God, directly. He did not need a mediator. 1 Timothy 2: 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, a man, Christ Jesus. When Adam disobeyed God and ate from the fruit of the tree. He lost his ability to speak with God directly, he lost the ability to be taught by God. He lost his ability to talk with God. Or to pray and have his prayers heard by God, because at the moment he ate from the fruit of the tree. He began to worship Satan. And thus became imperfect, doing what was displeasing to God. He was no longer a perfect copy of God. He became a copy of Satan, that is why there is lying, cheating, disrespect, stealing, murder, etc., in the world, it is now under the control of Satan, but, it will not be under the control of Satan for very much longer. God will instill his Kingdom on this earth, and Satan will be done away will,

Answer 4

It's obvious kiddo.

The perfect God our LORD made everything perfect, because HE is perfect.

Then when man sinned, the only way he could "clean up the mess" so to speak would be to create himself in the human flesh so that he could sacrifice himself to himself to make things right with himself. For he makes no errors.

I think it makes PERFECT sense.

Answer 5

The Bible does not say that Adam was created "perfect" but God's pronouncement was that it was "very good". Every creation was "perfect" in the sense that it was the way God wanted. There was no death and no suffering.

Answer 6

God made Adam in a perfect state.
God gave Adam a free will, and 1 restriction.
As long as Adam obeyed that 1 restriction he was perfect.

But one day Adam chose to disobey God.
He was no longer perfect.

Answer 7

Adam was created perfect with free will. God had given him the ability to choose between right and wrong. since he had done no wrong up until he disobeyed God he was sinless and pure. He chose by free will to disobey the Lord and therefore ushered sin into the human race.

Answer 8

Seriously...Adam sinned by listening to his wife and not listening to God. He was a wuss and didn't have enough balls to make his own decisions.

Perfection is only acheived after our soul has matured through many lives.

Perfect means mature. We all have a long way to go.

Answer 9

Acc: to the bible, Adam was created from the image of God, so therefore he was perfect. He was given the ability of free thought, and he made his own choice to eat from the tree of knowledge that was forbidden by God.

Answer 10

First, Adam wasn't perfect. The only perfect human being was Jesus Christ, and He didn't sin.

Perfect: without flaw or error.