Why did god let the devil serpent into the garden? [Spirituality & Religion]

The earth is satan’s domain and god wanted to test them.. they failed

Why did God create Satan to begin with?
Why did God allow Satan into paradise?
Was the Garden a paradise if evil was already present?
If sin was possible would not it be inevitable?
If Adam and Eve were amoral how could they be held responsible for what amounts to a "set up?"

Because God and the serpent are 2 sides of the same coin and He enjoys being a third wheel. So do his followers especially with their children's love life, and I mean adult children.

Christian love is a love triangle.

[quote]Matthew 10:34-38 New International Version (NIV)

34 "Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword."

35 For I have come to turn

“‘a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law—
36
a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’

37 “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 Whoever does not take up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me. [/quote]

Restate the question: Why did the author make the devil serpent enter the garden?

It's a good literary device. People would get bored with a story where nothing happens. How many Bible stories have this?

He wanted to see if Eve thought she was dealing with a "snake oil" salesman, or figured, if I came from Adam's rib, now it's my chance to get payback!! An apple a day...

Because its a fairy story written by someone with a vivid imagination many years ago theres no truth in it at all .Only the weak minded believe in it because they say ignorance is bliss.

Maybe it represents the fact that there's always malevolance even when things seem perfect, and that is the nature of life.

Just for enjoyment of punishment lol, I have no other logical explanation.

Freewill otherwise, only God would know.

To get to the other side. But the joke doesn't stop there. Adam and Eve also ended up on the other side. And the joke doesn't even stop there either.

Too many mice eating the lettuce?!? 🤷‍♂️

I think it was like a parable rejecting the old religions, which tended to be totemic and matriarchal.

We tell our kids all day long “don’t touch the stove”, but in the end, they do what they want

To Test Eve