““When Jesus came preaching the kingdom of God, He came preaching God’s right to rule over the minds and hearts of all people. But that is precisely what the people involved did not want. Adam did not want it. He had great freedom, but he was offended by God’s unreasonable and arbitrary (so he judged) restriction in the case of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.””
![“It [Adam's act] cast off the authority of God, usurped his prerogative, and gave the mind up to the dominion of natural desire” quote by John L. Dagg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/350/john-l-dagg-104812_adam_it-adam-s-act-cast-off-the-authority-of_2783811.jpg)
![“The fall [of your soul] from perfection into duality...was naturally followed by the discovery of the duality of good and evil...This is the Biblical version of a myth known to many lands.” quote by Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ff/joseph-campbell-300_biblical_the-fall-of-your-soul-from-perfection-in_22526.jpg)
