Can we sin without the temptation of Satan?

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Can we sin without prior temptation of Satan?

Is there a purpose to temptation? Like, for a greater good like elevating our good inclination and purification?

Would Adam and Eve have sinned without the temptation of the serpent?

Will we be able to sin in Heaven once our evil inclination is extinguished?
 
We can sin without temptation from Satan;

We could easily fulfil even the requirements for a Mortal sin; that is to say - knowlege; gravity and consent – with only a weakness of our volition against a strong concupiscence.
 
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Can we sin without prior temptation of Satan?
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Certainly. We possess a fallen and disobedient nature which is inclined toward sin. Since the “fall” in the garden, we have knowledge of both good and evil, thus, our own sinful nature tends away from obedience to God and toward sin.
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Is there a purpose to temptation? Like, for a greater good like elevating our good inclination and purification?
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Two purposes: In the tempter’s case, it is to lead your soul away from God and into hell. In God’s case, it is to test you to determine your fitness for His Kingdom.
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Would Adam and Eve have sinned without the temptation of the serpent?
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Simple answer: no. They were perfect creations and obedient to God, even telling the serpent that they could not eat the fruit of the tree in the center of the garden. It is only when the serpent lied to them and tempted them that they exercised the incorrect use of their free wills, choosing disobedience and deciding to eat the fruit.
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Will we be able to sin in Heaven once our evil inclination is extinguished?
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No. Sin does not exist in Heaven, and those who abide there no longer have a sinful nature. Once sin erupted in heaven, at the rebellion of Lucifer and his followers, they were cast out of heaven for all eternity.
 
While most of our sin derives in one way or another from Satan, little of it is from his direct action. I have heard it suggested that 50% of our sin is due to the flesh; our nature damaged by the original Fall. Another 30% is due to the temptations of the world; disordered by that Fall. And only maybe 20% due to direct temptation from Satan.

I wouldn’t bet any real money on the accuracy of those percentages, but relative order is probably good.
 
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