God then called the man Adam, and later created Eve from Adam's rib. Polls by Gallup and the Pew Research Center find that four out of 10 Americans believe this account.

Adam and Eve were not just first marriage partners. ... They disobey and are cast out). Yes, they blame others for tempting them with the fruit — Eve points to the devilish serpent, ...

The Catechism speaks to Adam and Eve’s motivations in the following way: “Man, tempted by the devil, let his trust in his Creator die in his heart and, abusing his freedom, disobeyed God’s ...

Other scenarios propose Adam and Eve as two individuals, or as literary representations of a small group of ancient representative-ancestors, selected out of a larger population, living in Africa ...

Adam and Eve's stay in the Garden of Eden was cut short after they reportedly disobeyed God and committed a sin. After their expulsion from the garden, they started bearing children, with the ...

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve, by Benjamin West. Source: Wikicommons/public domain. The Bible opens upon Adam and Eve, whom some believe to have been real people. Whether literal or allegorical ...

Adam and Eve are supposed to be fruitful and multiply in the Garden of Eden by eating from the Tree of Life--the allegorical tree whose implied existence in Eden continues after the eviction from ...

Christianity and the fall. Original sin is part of the Doctrine of the Fall, which is the belief that when Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they 'fell' from perfection and brought evil into a perfect ...

By arousing Adam and Eve's curiosity, it led them away from faith, that is, from trust in God: From obvious and natural faith (like shameless nakedness), they moved on to reasoning, seeking ...