Kaliyah M
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That is a good question. To answer that question lets look in the bible. When eve was talking to satan she told him that Jehovah God said not to eat the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden. He then said,
"At this the serpent said to the woman: “You certainly will not die. 5 For God knows that in the very day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and bad." (Genesis 3:4, 5)
As you can gather from this scripture Satan didn't even tell Adam and Eve to eat the fruit. All he said is that they will not die if they do eat the fruit. Therefore we can't say believing the lie was the original sin because Satan didn't not tell them to do anything God told them not to. But, they did however eat the fruit which was directly against God's rule for them and was the original sin.
Malcolm
The actual temptation, per se is not sinful, but the yielding to it is sinful. James 1:14-15
Chi girl
The sin was disobedience.
Anonymous
Their sin was disobeying GOD.
choko_canyon
How could either of those things be considered 'sin' if Adam and Eve didn't know the difference between right and wrong yet?