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"Good" and "perfect" need closer definition. They are the kinds of words that mean different things to different people, because of the hidden assumptions we connect them with. 'Perfect' in what sense? Perfect in the sense of possession of all knowledge? Adam wasn't perfect in that sense (he didn't even seem to have the concept of nakedness). Perfect in the sense of being incorruptible? Obviously he wasn't perfect in that sense - both he and Eve sinned. Similar approaches to "good" could also be given.
But I will add to the conundrum - at least the one I see.
We Christians have always been taught that Adam (and Eve) were created "in the image of God." And this has always been assumed to be so from the 6th day of creation. Yet when you read the story of the Fall, and what God is supposed to have said afterwards you might begin to wonder.
Genesis 3: 22. And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”
So in both the senses of knowing good and evil and being immortal, Adam and Eve did not previously share these aspects of the image of God. So exacly how was humankind created "in the image of God" and in his likeness?
Only God is truly perfect in all senses. Adam and Eve were definitely not perfect in the same whole sense. When God saw that all creation, including humankind, was "very good" I have thus far chosen to understand this to mean "it was exactly in accordance to what God himself had intended." The spoiler had not interfered with the acts of creation. Perhaps someone in the thread will lead me to change my mind.
Be careful, your beginning to reason with God
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