Eve

In the "Genesis" passage, Eve made the choice of eating the forbidden fruit from the tree that God specifically told her not to. Adam and Eve were both in a state where they did not seem to know right from wrong. If we assume Eve had a choice, is it fair for a reader to claim she made a bad choice? The answer matters because God punishes Eve and Adam for what they have done, even though it seems that maybe they didn't know what they were doing. This changed the course of the human race.

There is clear textual evidence that Eve made a bad choice and should be judged. Eve specifically said to the serpent, "But we may eat out of the tress in the garden! It is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God did say, Do not eat of it or so much as touch it, lest you die!" This clearly shows that Eve is aware of the situation she is in. She knows that eating the forbidden fruit is wrong and she should not do it, even though she still does. This is a blatant sin against God's word and she should be judged for her actions. Also, Eve should not have trusted the serpents word over God's. She knows that God is superior to all, so going against his word is a sin.

There is also sufficient evidence claiming that Eve should not be judged for her choice. In the first sentence, it states, "The two of them were naked, yet they felt no shame." This means that Adam and Eve both don't know right from wrong, and are innocent. They can't possibly have the knowledge to know whether eating the fruit is wrong, so they can't be judged for their decision. After they ate from the tree, "the eyes of both were open and they discovered that they were naked." This shows that before they ate the fruit, they were completely ignorant to the world so they couldn't possibly have made an educated decision prior.

There are obviously multiple sides to whether Eve made a bad choice by eating the fruit from the forbidden tree. Eve could have listened to God when he told her it was forbidden, but she was also ignorant and apparently innocent so she can't be judged on her decisions. Whether she made a bad choice or not, her decision changed the human race.