Antoinist doctrine provides another interpretation to the original sin in the book of Genesis: Adam began to follow Eve, who had placed her confidence in a serpent, symbol of matter. By imagining the materiality of the physical world, he abandoned the divine consciousness in which he lived and produced the ideas of good and evil. The "tree of knowledge of good and evil" in the Bible is redefined as "the tree of the science of the sight of evil". Antoinism claimed to not be an atheist religion, but has a particular conception of God: this one does not exist outside of humans, and they do not exist outside of God. Therefore, as God would live in every human, it is highly recommended to love one's enemies. In addition, the doctrine of the Trinity is not accepted.