Speaking of Adam, that story is bizarre in many ways, and I don't care if it's literal or not. Even if it is figurative, what are we supposed to learn from it? Let's break the story down:
God makes man and woman. Gives them a nice place to live. Has only one rule for them. Don't eat the fruit of that tree! Yes, that one over there, the one with the delicious looking fruit. It's the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. You eat? You die!
So, here are a couple of naive kids, having a great time running naked in a beautiful garden. They have no knowledge of good or evil. No knowledge of it! They know nothing of good! Or of
evil! They don't know what evil is!
OK, I guess I've stressed that point enough.
So, now, was it a big surprise that the kids disobeyed God? They had no reason to suspect the serpent was lying. All they know is they have two conflicting stories. They don't even know about the concept of a "lie". And yet, we are to believe that they are justly punished for guessing wrong which story to believe?
Not to mention all their descendants. Punished for their bad guess.
Figurative or not, it's just weird.