Did Eve have a choice? Compelling arguments could be made for both reasons. The answer to this is important because it impacts the whole nature of the situation. If eve had not had a choice then she could not have been right or wrong. If she had then it opens up the question to whether or not she was in fact right or wrong. A cases could be made for either.
Eve’s decision could be wrong for many different reasons. The first is that she disobeyed the one rule given to her. “God had strictly warned her not to eat the fruit of this tree.” God had given her one rule to not eat the fruit and she did. Another is that she involved Adam in the situation. “Eve thanked the serpent, and ran off to tell Adam.” By involving another person she is now responsible for the guilt of another person.
Eve’s decision could be also have been right. According to God she actually was right. “Ah my children, I see you have eaten of the tree of knowledge, and now you are wise and well-dressed...Eve you are a brave and heroic woman.” With God’s blessing it is clear that there was no wrong decision made.
I believe that Eve made the right choice. Just because something may appear as the wrong choice does not mean that it is in fact wrong. It just shows that the right answer is not always apparent. Eve’s intentions were not malicious and were also not meant to cause suffering to anyone, making her choice the right choice.
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