What does the Bible mean in the account in Genesis regarding the change that took place after the Fall? I am looking for feedback regarding my view of this event. According to my reading of the Fall, prior to the Fall, humans were not aware that they were naked. Then, after the Fall, they were aware of their nakedness. Could this be evidence of 'evolution'? The Knowledge of good and evil appears to have "opened their eyes", made humans 'conscious' of their nakedness. The lower animals, of course, are not conscious of their nakedness. Were humans somewhat more like animals before the Fall? The use of clothing is also evidence of cultural evolution.
Unlike animals, humans were CREATED in the image of God.
Humans did not evolve into God's image. Genesis makes it clear that God created all of the animals "according to their own kinds" and said that the animals were to reproduce "after their own kinds."
THEN, God made man, not as one of the animals, but in a separate event.
Genesis 1:20-27
Then God said, “Let the water swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.” So God created the large sea-creatures and every living creature that moves and swarms in the water,
according to their kinds. He also created every winged bird
according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. So God blessed them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters of the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth.” Evening came and then morning: the fifth day.
Then God said, “Let the earth produce living creatures
according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that crawl, and the wildlife of the earth
according to their kinds.” And it was so. So God made the wildlife of the earth
according to their kinds, the livestock
according to their kinds, and creatures that crawl on the ground
according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, all the earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”
So God created man in His own image;
He created him in the image of God;
He created them male and female.