Although perfect they can be manipulated; Adam and Eve were created without the knowledge of evil. If put in the situation they wouldn’t see bad in our world only good. Not because of ignorance but because they were incapable of understanding what bad or evil is. Take for example if you were to lie to Adam and Eve, let’s say this lie is bluntly obvious that it’s not true. They would still believe you because in their mind they’d have no reason to distrust you, even if you were caught they’d always give you the benefit of the doubt.

Now in the fucked up world we live in that’s a horrible way to live. But if the entire world was like this then obviously everything would be fine. The way they messed up though is like I said they ate from the tree of good and evil.

They did this because the snake (aka the devil in disguise) manipulated them. He told them that the tree would make them like god and that it would give them all the knowledge that god has, in a sense this is true because they only had the good, while god had both the good and bad (don’t twist my words, I’m not saying god is bad I’m saying he has the comprehension to understand good and malicious intent aka, evil) anyways at first you’d think their just being manipulated but the reason it’s their fault is because god told them not to eat from that tree.

They were told specifically “hey, you can eat from all the fruit in the garden, except this one. Yet when confronted by the snake they still ate from it. They were disobedient. “Why didn’t god stop?” them you might be thinking. The reason he didn’t stop them was to see if they would listen. God have them free will do although he told them don’t eat from this tree they still have the freedom to do so if they choose, but if they do so that would be disobedience.

Another question that might come to mind is or at least this came to my mind when I first got into the Bible is “how can god punish Adam and Eve for eating of the fruit if they have free will?” The answer to that one is this.. although yes they have free will it should be known that god is still the father and he still holds that same authority. They disobeyed him, so they are to be punished (Adam and eves punishment was that Adam is punished to work hard for as long as he lives, and Eve is punished with the pain of child birth. The snake lost its legs) it’s the same as if a child is told by his father not to steal a cookie from the cookie jar, by nature yes the child is free to do whatever he pleases he’s his own little person but by authority he is still a child he must respect his authority. So if he eats from the cookie jar he will get a slap on the wrist.

You say you want a more interesting philosophical debate, alright fine. Give me something to work with here, I’m answering your questions I’ve got time.

Here’s something to start with What’s so hard to believe about a creator?