To his point (which you agree with), the woman was the one who was deceived or beguiled (Gen. 3:13, 2 Cor. 11:3).
1Ti 2:14
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
1Ti 2:15
Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
To your point, what was the result of Eve's deception? It was simply this.
Gen 3:16
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire
shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
In other words, Eve's deception resulted in women having sorrow in conception, and in women (wives, in context) having a desire to rule over their own husbands.
What about Adam?
Unlike Eve, he was not deceived, but his actions were the result of direct disobedience to what the LORD had commanded him, and the results or consequences of his willful disobedience far outweigh the results of Eve's deception.
For example:
Gen 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed
is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat
of it all the days of thy life;
Gen 3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Gen 3:19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou
art, and unto dust shalt thou return
The direct results or consequences of Adam's willful disobedience were a cursed ground, and physical death, or man returning to the ground/dust from which he was initially formed.
As Paul said:
Rom 5:14
Nevertheless
death reigned from Adam to Moses,
even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
Rom 5:15
But not as the offence, so also
is the free gift. For if
through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace,
which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Rom 5:16
And not as
it was by
one that sinned,
so is the gift: for
the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift
is of many offences unto justification.
Rom 5:17
For if
by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
Rom 5:18
Therefore as
by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one
the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
Rom 5:19
For as
by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
Rom 5:20
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
Rom 5:21
That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.
It was by Adam's sin or willful disobedience that many were made sinners, and it is through his offence that death reigned by one. Furthermore, Adam's disobedience brought judgment upon all men to condemnation. Worse still, as Paul went on to explain, Adam's disobedience negatively affected creation itself.
Rom 8:20
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
Rom 8:21
Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
Rom 8:22
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
Rom 8:23
And not only
they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption,
to wit, the redemption of our body.
Here, creation is likened to a pregnant woman who is groaning and travailing in pain as she is waiting to be delivered from the bondage of corruption. Who subjected it to this bondage or corruption? Him, Adam, who has subjected the same through his act of willful disobedience.
Anyhow, my point, which pertains to your point, is this:
MAN, and not woman, is primarily responsible for this earth's mess, so, rather than men slinging insults at women (not that many women aren't exceedingly sinful themselves), or rather than men seeking to blame all of this world's problems upon women, how about men start taking accountability for their own actions while stepping up to the plate and doing what God ordained them to do.
Sounds like a plan to me...
He WAS supposed to be looking out for her, after all.....
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