Genesis 3:6
Sooner or later, in most of such arguments, someone will cite a biblical verse to either oppose, or agree with a topic, but rarely is the Quran, or the Veda, Tai-Chi, or even the Book of Shadows, and never the Spells of Coming Forth by Day, or the Book or Mormon. These last two, other than me, as I've observed on this site, are unmentionable without severe criticism.. No, habitually, it's Christians or Jews who take the heat. Also, because the Bible is now clearly structured that way, it's convenient to keep it short; a single verse, often taken out of context, including this citation. Of course, context, to me, is generally the cover-to-cover approach, but I also know, with this crowd, that's unthinkable, too. Who reads the entire Bible? Who reads the entire Quran? Who reads any of these texts, cover to cover? Well, because I can, I do, thank you very much.
But even the perusal of just a couple chapters, because that's all there is before this 3rd, it should be well understood what, exactly, is going on here. Yes, Eve points out all the good stuff: food, appetizing, and a source of wisdom. And does not God earlier tell both Adam and Eve that all that he created was good, and that "...of every tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat..." [Gen 2:16], however, there were consequences to eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Nevertheless, they are allowed to "freely choose." They have agency [free will], and all choices have consequences. Is that a bad thing? God said it all was good, so, no, these consequences are not bad. There are bad choices to be made, but this one is not one of them. Death? So what? Death is not a final consequence, is it? Well, some believe it is, but that's their choice. Their will. So, at least in the consequences of biblical belief, death is not an unavoidable consequence. Better than. that, we re redeemed from death by Jesus Christ. "So what," I say to Eve's choice. Without her choice, I'm not here, nor are any of you. I revered Eve as a courageous woman deserving of the praise. So, God gave them alternative choices? Sure, why not? We all have them, yeah? Why are they maligned for making a choice that resulted in us? Y'all deny yup own existence by denying them oof their choice. Besides, Christ bore their burden of sin, so why in the world do we think we bear it? That's just more context taken out.