What Happened in the Garden of Eden

If you want to understand who you are get to know Adam and Eve. They spoke for you. They lived for you. Most importantly Adam and Eve tell you who you really are. You are either a living being or a fallen human being. You are one or the other. This perception is made clear from the authors discussion on the lessons from Adam and Eve. Eve was seeking knowledge while Adam was seeking selfish ambitions. In the pre-fall Adam and Eve had no sin. But each one turned to their own desires to find pleasure and a righteousness of their own in the garden when God them free will and the right of choice. During the freedom period in the garden Adam and Eve sinned against God. After their fall Adam and Eve attempted to inaugurate a new religion distinct from the religion they had before the fall.