steve40 wrote:
God doesn't make mistakes, man does. When Adam sinned it caused God to curse Adam, and the ground he came from.
As a result Sickness, and death became a part of mans life.
When God created the World, all was perfect. But it was the introduction of sin, that has caused the imperfections.
The serpent said (yes a talking animal) if she eats the fruit of the tree "then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
If the punishment to Adam and Eve for eating the fruit was to know good and evil, how could they have chosen to do a bad thing before eating it. That implies the devils enticement was more powerful than Gods command.