@aleo (and @AntoineSuarez !)
Right from the get-go, I gave my position on his approach:
If I were any kind of Young Earth Creationist, I would adopt his approach instantly. I think it makes the most sense… in recognizing the job of making souls belongs to God, and pointing out that God is the one who planned this whole thing, so God must be the one who wanted to insert this “defect” in the souls of all Humanity.
Just like they say in Law & Order: M.M.O.
Only He had the Means.
Only He had the Motive.
And only he had the Opportunity!
But since I’m an Evolutionist, where the Eden story is a spiritual allegory, I have to go with the idea that the story highlights the flawed nature of flesh from the onset. Evolution wasn’t designed to make perfect life forms. And I think we can call it a day with the conclusion that this is what Genesis is telling us.