I was wondering about this part of Genesis: The tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Genesis 2:9). Is the tree of knowledge between good and evil how people gain knowledge? Like is all knowledge based on distinguishing the difference between good and evil, or is it more nuanced than that? Does moral discernment form the foundation of all knowledge shown in this passage?

If Original Sin is Adam's sin, did Eve have Original Sin? If so, then how did she "catch" it from Adam? Or is her (and women's) punishment in Gen. 3:16 only due to her actual sin of pride, and not to her having Original Sin? cf. "Did Original Sin derive solely from Adam or from both Adam and Eve? "

Why do most Christians believe that the serpent was the devil himself directly appearing to Eve when scripture explicitly states that it was a literal snake and in this I quote the following verses to back up my claim *Genesis 3:15* >I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” **Only a created animal can have an offspring and not a spirit angel like the devil.** *Genesis 3:14* >Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. The serpent is cursed above all animals and he is cursed to crawl because he was created with legs before he was possessed. Now the Bible says this was a visible creature that Eve could see and interact with, why do most people think the serpent was the devil himself who was in spirit form and invisible to Eve? An angel possessed a donkey in the Balaam story and the donkey talked back, why is it hard to believe this was the case in the garden?