Originally Posted by MageB420666

In my opinion, this is not just no more than a "story". It was created as a method to back up and rationalize early judiasm/christian dogma. The point of the story was to give reason for mans suffering, and offer a reason to believe in an all-powerful god that allows us to exist in this condition. It also helped to justify certain social biases, such as original sin being woman's fault, and that man is closer to god than woman(god created adam from himself, and Eve from Adam), and by extension better than woman. It has little to do with the philosophy of what is the point of living in a life without struggle in pain, which I must say, is a view that can really only be held by someone who has not lived a life filled with the pain, suffering, and struggle that the majority of the people of that time had to live with.