# The culpability of Adam and Eve

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**Created:** [July 9, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/the-culpability-of-adam-and-eve/3969 "2026-07-09T03:35:34Z")\
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> [@Char](#):
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> …am I the only cradle Catholic who chooses to see the Garden of Eden story in the bible as an analogy and not literal?

Welcome to the forum : )

The Magisterium allows for Christians to believe that this Biblical passage is an allegory or literal.

When my Wife was in RCIA, before becoming Catholic, our Priest said that he took the allegory position, but Catholic Christians must believe that there were original humans who disobeyed God and, as a result, there is _original sin_.

I just think it is easier to believe the literal account in the Bible, but if we later discovered that the original humans were not named _Adam_ and _Eve_, it would not wreck my Faith. Same for [the creation accounts](https://forum.catholictalk.net/t/are-you-a-young-earther-or-an-old-earther/1351).

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