Are you Catholics, Protestants, or part of another group? Are you affiliated with any specific denomination?
I don’t focus on the specifics, such as whether Adam disobeyed God and ate from the tree or whether he didn't eat and was sent to Earth. I’m only interested in what Christianity believes regarding certain statements that will help me to understand some principles. Can I summarize your answers as follows, I hope you have the patience to bear with me. :
1- Adam and Eve are considered the first human beings created by God. They are described as the original human couple from whom all other humans are believed to have descended..
Is this belief accepted by all Christians, or are there some groups that have different perspectives on this?
Christianity is primarily about believing on Christ Jesus for salvation. Essentially, God became a man, was born as a descendant of Eve - seed of the woman and our kinsman-redeemer - lived a perfect life, was crucified on a cross for our sins, died and was buried in a tomb, and on the third day rose again, for the forgiveness of all who believe on Him.
Unfortunately, not all Christians believe the bible.
I think beliefs can be categorised into three groups:
1) The Genesis story didn't actually happen, and was just some sort of parable or allegory.
2) The Genesis story did happen, but not exactly as described - e.g. there were also other human beings created by God, and some of us are descended from these.
3) The Genesis story happened as the bible describes.
Only 3 is logically consistent with the bible and the rest of the gospel message, but despite this, some Christians insist on believing 1 or 2.
2- God created Adam and Eve and made them live in Paradise.
From your answer, I understand that some of you believe this while others do not, correct? I mean, some say that Paradise is not on Earth or something like that, right?
Similar to the above, not all Christians believe the same.
Some believe:
1) The Genesis story didn't actually happen, and there was no paradise.
2) There was a type of paradise, but still with death and suffering - again not exactly as the bible describes.
3) The garden of Eden where Adam and Eve were was exactly as the Genesis account describes - paradise.
Again, only 3 is consistent with the biblical record.
- They were given the command to not eat from the forbidden tree. However, they disobeyed God's command by eating from the forbidden tree, which resulted in their expulsion from the Garden and their subsequent residence on Earth.
I understand from your answer that some of you believe this, while others do not. So, there are many interpretations within Christianity, am I right?
But do all Christians believe that God sent Adam and Eve to Earth, regardless of the reason for their eating from the tree or the intention to prevent them from doing so? or there groups don't agree with this statement highlighted in green?
Same again.
1) Totally untrue - there was no command and no fruit.
2) Partially true - there was some sort of command and perhaps some sort of fruit.
3) Totally true - it happened exactly as the bible states.
Again, only 3 is consistent with the biblical record. But there are those who would qualify as Christians who will say they don't believe it.
