[HarleyD]

Nonsense! The Scripture leaves no doubt that God created man in His image and likeness, i.e. good.

My, my. You must have to cut out of your Bible just about 50% of the verses like...
Mat 5:45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

or...

Mat 12:34 "You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

or...

Luk 11:13 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"

or...

Luk 18:19 And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone.

Well, you [MAYBE] get the idea by now. Our Lord Jesus thought that only God [ie Himself] was good. Everyone else was evil. Sorry to disappoint.

The story of Genesis tells us that MAN DSIOBEYED GOD'S WILL, which can only mean that MAN CAN DISOBEY GOD IF HE OR SHE WILLS TO DISOBEY GOD, consequences notwithstanding.

Wouldn't you say the following Proverb applies to Adam?

Pro 16:9 The mind of man plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps.

I don't know how to explain this to you in more simple terms. It is obvious to all except those who are captive of their own pride, that man is free to obey or disobey God

Future tagline: Pro 20:9 Who can say, "I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin"?

[kosta50]

My, my. You must have to cut out of your Bible just about 50% of the verses like...

Oh, you are just being silly now. Mat 5:45 shows that God offers blessings to all.

But you are in denial that

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. [Gen 1:26-27]

And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. [Gen 1:31]

Sorry Harley, Scripture clearly states that man and woman were made in His image and likeness, and were given dominion over earth and everything that he created, and that God saw everything he had made, including man, and it was good.

As for ancestral (dis)obedience -- clearly Adam and Eve did that by their own decision. They decided to disobey God!

I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin"?

By what command and by whose authority>