Whos fault was it(biblical question)?

Question

when the rule about not eating from the tree of knowledge was broken, whos fault was it. Adam, Eve, or both?

Answer 1

First it was the serpent(Satan) for tempting, 2nd Eve for listening and last Adam for not putting his foot down and demanding that they do as God said.

Answer 2

The whole concept that eating fromt the tree was a "fault" in any way is flawed. When Adam and Eve ate of the tree, they gained the ability to tell right from wrong, good from evil. This was an empowering discovery, not a sinful one. I have always read this as a "coming of age" story, leaving behind the childlike ways of simply doing what you're told, and discovering the world for what it is on your own terms. Adam and Eve paved the way for human curiosity to this day.

Answer 3

And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and transgressed.
1 Timothy 2:14

Paul placed the primary blame for humanity's sinful nature on Adam (Romans 5:12-21). Eve had not been told directly by God about the trees—Adam had instructed her. In turn, God instructed Adam about the trees before Eve was created. For Eve, the struggle was over whether to submit to Adam's command or to the serpent's words that seemed to offer her knowledge and understanding. But when Adam ate of the fruit, he directly disobeyed God. He was not deceived; he sinned outright. By then, however, Eve had already sinned.

Answer 4

In Genesis chapter 2 :15-17 reads that God placed Adam in the garden of Eden to dress it and keep it. The Lord commanded the man " not to eat." Eve had not been created yet. When Eve gave Adam the apple he should have obeyed the Lord, but he gave in to the woman. Adam and Eve both were wrong, but Adam has the greater blame because God gave Eve to him to lead as well as love. The same accountabilty goes to Christian married men today. God is looking at you in your leadership or lack thereof.

Answer 5

Adam, because Adam was supposed to watch what Eve was doing. God put him in Charge of EVERYTHING in the land. including eve. He was to make sure that ruule was not broken. Also its his fault for listening to Eve

Answer 6

I think the whole point of the story is that it was EVERYONE'S fault. First you have the serpent, which you could think of as temptation, the presence of sin in the world, the voice of everything we know in our hearts is wrong. Then you have Eve, who listened to the temptation and decided to follow it. Then finally Adam listened to Eve rather than what he knew in his heart to be true, and the cycle continues....

At any step along the way things could have been changed, but weren't. I think the story is trying to tell us that we each have a chance to do right and to follow the law written in our own hearts, but the temptation to NOT do so, from outside forces and other people, will be strong. It's up to each of us to close out all voices calling us away from the right road and, if we do make a mistake, to do our best to avoid passing it on to someone else and making it harder for THEM to do right.

That's my take on the story, anyway. I don't think it's so important who was "most" wrong, but just that if we aren't careful, we ALL stand a chance of doing wrong.

Answer 7

there grow to be a time in my early 1920s that i grow to be homeless, would stay some days with friends, connect with a girl for some days and slept in my motor vehicle. This went on for some months. Fault grow to be all my own, on reflection at it now, yet that could have been my final reaction on the time - blamed previous boss, dad and mom, siblings, government, etc. relatively, i'm an addict and grow to be no longer able to hold onto a job. i did no longer attempt to get nutrition stamps or housing, grow to be dealing drugs and stealing for funds. at last, have been given thrown in penitentiary for dealing and have been given off drugs. grow to be waiting to examine my existence without the smokescreen of dope interior the way and found out it grow to be my own FAULT. Now, twenty some years later, i'm a school graduate, husband and father, tax payer and nonetheless an addict. some human beings would be helped with a hand up, for others, we could be b i t c h slapped. there is not any element in residing on fault, the course is diverse for each individual. it relatively is which fork interior the course human beings elect to take that define our destiny.

Answer 8

It was Eve's idea to eat the fruit, but Adam agreed to it. Therefore, I think it's both.

Answer 9

Both. The Bible seems to lean harder on Eve, but the truth is, Adam made a choice.

It's a folk tale, anyway.

Answer 10

Eve first, Adam second, both ultimately.