So very true. God had a perfect plan and he knows everything in advance. Believers are "sinners" because god's way of getting us here involved incest, not just sex. So much for the perfect plan. The talking snake was actually a "serpent" and it had legs until it was cursed and lost them so it then "slithered" on the ground. This act is so very unbecoming, but note that the serpent told them the truth. Apparently we are to see that god's way doesn't seem right but it will be in the end.
Also note that believers all want to see the first man and first woman. This is a strange way of thinking. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? One might as well ask what was the first lifeform. Life in various ways must have sprang up all over. This would negate ideas of a first lifeform, Adam and Eve, or chickens and eggs.
This essay goes to some of the stuff I've read that a friend gave me years ago. I conclude we ourselves are the gods. Our minds the creative force and there is nothing mystical about it. Religion is the greatest con job and sadly it works for many on many levels. I think this is way it becomes difficult to convince the true believers they have their heads up their butts. You have to undo the layers a little bit at a time.
Good post - thank you.