Thoughts.com Blogs - He had a choice

I am not trying to free her from all the blame or to relinquesh her from her wrong actions. I am sure she had some part in our now situation. However, this was a free will decision. He knew what he was doing was wrong. He was the one who told her about the no, no rules. She was not there when the decree was issued. It was through him that she received information. To blame her for all the ills of man is to say that man was totally innocent of wrong doing and an innocent bystander, and had no say and no previous knowledge about what she was suggestiong for him to do. His decission to disobey and disregard a direct command was his and his alone. .

Yes, she was fooled by a cunning and horrid creature. Yes, she did brake that command out of her own free will but no, she is not responsible for man braking the law. He could have said, NO! And walked away. But he chosed to follow the woman's suggestion and she is guilty of persuading him. She was now been persuaded by the creature who held the grudge against the Big Boss Man. Since she had now passed from innocense to corruption.

So as I see it, the blaming of the woman for all of man's ills is not fair. The real culprit was the evil creature, then the woman and the man. As they say, "You can lead a horse to water but you cannot make him drink!"