Adam was angry. For that matter, so was Eve. However, there are some who would say that this anger was unfounded. Sure they we sent out into the cold world from a land that was absolutely perfect, but the argument could be made that God had his reasons. The reasons were not as obvious or as simple as vengeance for theft and consumption of a Golden Delicious.
The primary reason was the boredom. While He was happy with his creation to a point, He was also equally disappointed. He was proud of the articulation of the joints, the ligament structure, mitochondria, and especially the opposable thumb. He overcame the overheating problem from early on with perspiration, and created the network of synapses that controlled it. The solutions to little things pleased Him, but He couldn’t make his creation think. He started to wonder if it wasn’t the creation so much as it was the environment that He had created for it.
Eden was the perfect place for his creation to prosper. It had all the proper foods to make sure Adam and Eve had the proper diet that yielded the optimal nutritional levels. They had the exact amount of sunlight necessary, and the oxygen levels were perfect. But perfection was stunting it. It didn’t have to think, everything was maintained for them.
His decision was not something He had come to lightly. He liked both Adam and Eve as they were. They we charming and polite, but most importantly they loved Him unconditionally. He loved them too, and He didn’t want to do anything rash. They were like his children, but without the visceral emotion that parents normally harbor. Something had to be done though, they were stagnant and they would never change.
He didn’t send them out into the world unarmed, He gave them some tools to deal with their new environment. His gift was feeling and emotion. This gift would keep them alive and alert. The fear would keep them clear of the creatures that could cause them harm and out of weather that was dangerous. Worry would give the urgency essential when seeking food when hungry, or finding lost kin. Happiness would encourage them to repeat beneficial acts. Passion would assist in reproduction, while sentiment would help them bond. Sadness would keep them from repeating mistakes, and anger would serve to protect them.
God may have been hasty though. He gave them these emotions, but didn’t give them the ability to shut them off when they were unnecessary. They worried about death, they were afraid of incorporeal objects, too sentimental, and angry at the wrong things for the wrong reasons.
He considered these aberrations a necessary evil, that is until Cain. The jealousy could be beneficial in making them strive, but when it mixed with anger and hatred, it created something even He couldn’t predict.
His solution was simple; He would create a rule set. This rule set would help them with their burgeoning freewill, but it would help them reign in their feelings and emotions. It would teach them that reason was stronger than passion, and that certain feelings were permissible.
He would look upon the creation of feeling for all time as most triumphant invention, and simultaneously his greatest mistake.
