text: is adam in heaven or hell for commiting original sin?   first adam may not even be a real name but a representation.  the word really means dirt or dust (adama).  taking 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.  the 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.