The fall of man as seen described in the first book of the Holy Bible,Genesis, is portrayed as a sinister act. The fact that Eve fell into temptationseems to be the foundation on which everyone bases his or her misplaced chanceat paradise. What many people fail to see is that much good came from thefall of man, and should be thanking Eve for choosing to fall into sin. Without Eve we would not have the concept of free will, good would havenever existed without bad, people would not have adapted and would havebeen satisfied with their original surroundings, and we would act automaticallywithout any thought.
Man would be and just be. You will not die. For Godknows that when you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be likeGod, knowing good and evil. When the serpent tempts Eve, she is given thechance to choose to eat from the tree of knowledge. She chooses to eat and shareher fruit with Adam. When they eat of the tree, their eyes are opened and theyboth realize that they are without clothes.
This is the point at which manrecognizes the concept of free will. Now that Adam and Eve know the differencebetween good and bad, they have the responsibility of makingchoices. As opposed to the choices being made for them by their creator, God,before they ate of the tree of knowledge. We now have the power to choose whatwe want and not the way fate, or God, directs. Many people can also argue thatgood cannot exist without bad. There would have never been adifference unless Eve ate of the tree.
We would be like children. We would sinand not know. You can look at it like two extremes, black or white. The colorwhite is made up of all colors and can only be a color if colors existed. Samewith the color black, black is the absence of all colors but can only bedescribed that way if there were colors. We can only be described as goodif there were bad in the world and strayed from it.
Besides gaining freewill and good or bad, we were able to explore the globe and settle. If Adam and Eve would have never eaten the apple, they would be satisfied withtheir surroundings. The fact that God banished them from the Garden of Edenforced Adam and Eve to propagate, and forced offspring to explore and settle theglobe. This is where all the great explorers come into play. ChristopherColumbus had the opportunity to discover a part of the world, just as FerdinandMagellan had the good fortune of circumnavigating the globe for the CatholicChurch.
As a result of travel, we were able to grow physically and mentally. Like in The Odyssey, Odysseus has to travel to several islands and otherinteresting places to find himself. Without the knowledge of good andbad we would only do what we are told and not what we choose. Exactly likeAdam and Eve were treated while they were housed in the Garden of Eden.
We wouldhave automatic motions, motions without any thought or hesitation. We would obeyblindly. The human race would look like robots controlled by remotes, God beingthe lucky bearer of the remote controls and us being the robots. The fall ofman is inarguably a good thing. Man would not have all the things andthoughts we have today. The human race would be stuck; there would be nomovement to advance the human race culturally, mentally, and scientifically.
Theknowledge of good and bad make us what we are. Without it everyonewould be too similar. The world would be perfect. Man would be and just beboring.Philosophy
