text: First Adam may not even be a real name but a representation.  The word really means dirt or dust (adama).\n\nTaking him as a person, all of us are like Adam.  Sometimes we are selfish.  Sometimes we help one another.  We strive to move toward doing things for one another that make the world better.\n\nThe words heaven, hell and original and sin are church words that try to explain things we really know nothing about in the first place.  What is important is to live our lives to the full.