MayBE the Better question is: Where is ADAM?

The story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is a confusing story, at best. For how could they have sinned when they had no knowledge of good and evil? Choosing takes discernment. Discernment means seeing all options. God denies then discernment and then labels them as sinners? That does not make sense, for blind obedience is not really love. God gave a directive without any explanation and if we do the same raising children, they will "disobey" us too. If he wanted our love, then WHY not warn us of consequences? Do you not warn your children to stay away from fire because they might get BURNED, even saying "OW or OWIE" to demonstrate not to touch? "Don't cross the street, we say for you will get HIT by a car."

Where was Adam? I mean that sincerely: WHERE WAS ADAM? Made 1st, we are told, told not to eat of the tree, long before Eve was made. Why does he play NO role in protecting Eve from the Snake? We are told he is right by her side and says nothing? Was he struck MUTE, held down by cables, blinded by the sun? Are we to believe he, with a muscle mass twice hers, could not beat it off?

Maybe this is how it went down, instead: https://publicistusa.com/the-green-apple-of-envy-in-the-garden-of-eden/ The Green Apple of ENVY in the Garden of Eden. Men who abdicate their given job as protector ...are kicked out of heaven, along with men who try to play her role instead of that of a male. Are we not seeing this play out right before our eyes?

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