September 27, 2001 History 295 - History of Witchcraft Paper 1 The story of Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis could be taken as warnings to the Hebrew people to stay away from Goddess worshiping religions. The following is a detailed summary of the story from the book of Genesis: God created the Garden of Eden and placed man inside to be its gardener. He tells man, who is later named Adam, not to eat any fruit …showed first 75 words of 1169 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1169 total…follow the evil ways of Satan. Instead, we should follow God and stay on the good side. In addition, people then have something to blame when they commit sins. The Devil made them do it, but since God is benevolent and good, if you repent, he will give his forgiveness and allow access back into his kingdom. Their theory must have made sense to many people, because this belief is prevalent in various monotheistic religions.