If god's creation was perfect, how did humanity fall? Why was there another being tempting them to disobey?

Surely a perfect creation wouldn't attempt to persuade humans to disobey god.
Surely a perfect creation wouldn't, in the face for such persuasion, decide to disobey god.

I think the easy answer is "Free will! Free will!" but a perfect creation acting under its own free will would understand the correct course and take it.
Only a flawed creation could do otherwise.

So...was god's creation perfect? If so, how?

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The "O Felix Culpa" of the Eastern Orthodox Church (and Catholic Church) speaks of a "necessary" fall, and suggests that it was more as the plan of God rather than a rebellion by human beings.

We are dealing with myth, not historical fact.

Fundamentalist Protestants should not have the final word, nor dictate the so called "truth" of anything.