If we are to correctly analyze this story, we must assume that it is true as recorded in the Bible. One thing we cannot do, however, is to speculate on how Adam and Eve felt before the Fall. The reason is because the way that all humans now feel is "post fall". We cannot imagine having no awareness of evil. It is unlike a child or an adult in the present, both of whom innately are aware of the reality of good and evil. Babies,even! They are not always little innocents!
Adam and eve, by contrast, cannot be understood because we do not know what it feels like to have no innate awareness such as they had.
innate \i-nat\ adj 1 : existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native 2 : inherent, intrinsic
1instinct \in-stinkt\ n 1 : a natural aptitude 2 : a largely inheritable and unalterable tendency of an organism to make a complex and specific response to environmental stimuli without involving reason; also : behavior originating below the conscious level instinctive \in-stink-tiv\ adj instinctively adv
Note def#2 of instinct. After the Fall, humans would inherit a totally different nature than pre fall humans would have.
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