God's injustice towards Adam and Eve

[John V]

What do you mean by 'a reasonable result'?

One which reasonably explains the actions in the account.

What I was wondering is why Eve so readily accepted the contradictory claims of the serpent, and why Adam appears to have just as readily accepted the fruit from Eve.

As noted, we're not given their thoughts, and as you agreed such thoughts could reasonably explain their actions.

Also note that the creation of the entire universe is covered in about a page. These accounts are not intended to be exhaustive. We're left, probably intentionally, to contemplate these things.

Paul claims that Eve was deceived, but the deception apparently was no more sophisticated than "nuh-uh." Adam wasn't deceived, perhaps because it wasn't necessary-- just handing him the fruit was sufficient. It makes it seem as if god made little or no impression on the two, that they so easily turned against him.

Did you ever consider that Adam, not being deceived, was taking an intentional stance with Eve out of love for her and/or fear of being alone?

It was, in their case. They demonstrated their rejection of god through an action that had very specific (and final) consequences.

No, they still had time to consider the situation and change their understanding of it.

If they did, it appears to have been fear. It doesn't make sense that fear would be the only --or the primary-- emotion they would associate with god, but it's the only one that I can recognize in the story.

First, fear of god is the beginning of wisdom.

Second, if you focused on an episode in any relationship in which someone is found to have done wrong, it may seem as though fear were the total of the relationship.