Since the beginning, mankind has believed the lie that
God’s way is not the only way. Adam and Chavah were fooled by
the Deceiver into thinking that they could go their own way—that
they could determine their own destiny and create their own righ-
teousness. Ever since sin entered the world, mankind has rebelled
against God, creating his own standards of righteousness, believing
that he could “pull himself up by his own boot straps” through his
own religious inventions. The Torah, however, teaches us differently