Listen to what the apostle Paul says in 1 Timothy 2:14: “Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived.” Adam sinned willfully—eyes wide open without hesitation—and his sin was fraught with self-interest. He had watched in fascination as Eve took the fruit. Would she die? Now there’s a loving man! And when she ate, and he saw that there were no consequences, he took and ate. Eve followed the snake, Adam followed Eve, and no one followed God. The event was seismic. Again Milton puts it so beautifully: