Could Adam and Eve have lived forever in the security of the Garden of Eden and forgone the risks, the suffering, and death of mortality? Why did God create the world and put them in the Garden? Many if not most of the modern evangelical, protestant and ancient Christian scholars, theologians, and philosophers have taught that the plan of God in creating the world was for humans to live in the Garden of Eden forever. These teachers assume that If Eve and Adam had not partaken of the forbidden fruit, they would have had children and resided there for eternity. Did the human family miss its opportunity to live in a state of paradise without mortal suffering or death? The consensus of classical theologians has been that "The Fall" was a negative event for Adam's descendants and mankind was cursed. As I have studied theology, and engaged in online conversations with Christian believers and teachers, I have heard this belief expressed many times. They tell me time and aga...