There is no wisdom... in opposition to Jehovah. - Prov. 21:30Adam and Eve had everything they could want. Plenty of food, perfect bodies, the potential of living forever. They followed someone's bad advice, one who had his own motives, who was not really looking out for Adam and Eve.
Recnetly, I read a story by Louis L'Amour, who was famous for his Westerns. The title of the story was, "One Mistake Can Kill You." At the end of the story, a man died because he misjudged just how many bullets remained in his opposer's gun.
What happened in the Garden of Eden really did cost the first human pair, and every single descendant after them. What was the wisdom of that? Zero.
Jehovah has always acted in a way that benefits humans, not Himself. Satan always acts in a way to benefit himsef at everyone's expense.
Many copy Satan's attitude. Let's say, you want to enjoy life. So, you demand and require others to improve your life. Let's say you get depressed one day. How do you feel better? By treating a friend with contempt. The friend gets hurt by the contempt, and it really puts a damper on his day. But, somehow, it makes you feel better. So, as long as you feel better, you really don't care how another person feels, even if it's a sense of despair or depression over being treated with contempt. It doesn't prick your conscience or make you feel guilty. After all, you demand that other people make you happy, because you yourself don't know how to make yourself happy.
Imitating Satan is the worst advice anyone can think of. Imitating Jehovah, who benefits us so much, is the much happier goal, one that has everlasting life attached to it. We have free will. We can choose whatever we like, but we must choose wisely if we want true happiness.
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