"The Arian controversy describes several controversies between the Christian Church fathers Arius and Athanasius related to Christology which divided the Christian church from before the Council of Nicaea in 325 to after the Council of Constantinople in 381. The most important of these controversies concerned the relationship between God the Father and Jesus Christ, with Arius defending the nontrinitarian position, while Athanasius supported the trinitarian position." - wiki Before 381 AD -- most nominal -- genuine Christians never viewed Jesus as God. After wards, the Church fathers, with the help of their political supporters, took it upon themselves to elevate Jesus, from the position of Christ to the higher position of God. Today, the likes of John Lennox and William Craig believe in the Trinity and this is a major flaw in their Bible education.

@minsoriginal "the whole thing reeks of hypocrisy and contradictions." Well if course -- it's unfathomable from the Atheists perspective. You forget, you don't believe in God. It's like trying to explain Windows to an old man who hates computers and thinks it's all a load of nonsense. The Atheist cannot understand any of it and apart from being extremely bemused at the nonsense; they also hate people who are enthralled by it.

@"Why would this Adam, if he was perfect"

In the reverse version of Neo in the Matrix : Why, Mr. Anderson, why?! Why do you persist?! Neo: Because I choose to.

Similarly -- Adam choose to. But it was an insane choice; knowing full well the consequences. "Adam was not fooled by Satan" - 1 Timothy 2:14 New Life Version. Adam was not under any illusion that eating the fruit would bring added benefits to him and his wife. As a perfect man, he could clearly see where the human race, his offspring, would end up: enemies of God, alienated and under Satan's cruel domination. Still, he went ahead and partook of the forbidden fruit which he knew had no special powers but was simply a symbol of God's right to govern him. He thus sinned - that is - acted contrary to the perfect nature he possessed: it was a perverse act.