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cavediver
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Message 129 of 179 (533969)
11-04-2009 4:23 AM
Reply to: Message 128 by Peg
11-04-2009 3:36 AM


Satan is not a creature designed to perform evil acts.
Have to ask this... at what point did God say to Adam&Eve that Satan, this evil being that was abhorrent to God because God is holy and cannot abide sin, was skulking around God's own garden disguised as a snake? And that they really shouldn't listen to a word he says?
If Satan could be created perfect, yet still sin WITHOUT any outside prompting, how the hell did God expect Adam & Eve to remain sinless with this goddamn talking snake goading them all the way???

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cavediver
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Message 131 of 179 (533986)
11-04-2009 7:03 AM
Reply to: Message 130 by Peg
11-04-2009 5:27 AM


why Eve didnt consult with her husband... ...why Adam didnt consult with God
A&E are newly created beings - we are in no position to judge their sense when it comes to them asking the right questions. But God is a whole different ball-game. Why did he allow Satan in the garden? And why were they not warned? (Of course, I am arguing against Christian doctrine here, not the Genesis account - as Satan does not appear in the Genesis account)
because for them, to sin was a choice... ...God made them with free will
So Satan did not have freewill when he chose to rebel?
Mind you, if they maintained loyalty to God and rejected the snakes offer, God would have destroyed the snake then and there so as not to disrupt the peace and happiness of the first couple.
And we know this because...?
The fact that they followed the snake meant that all the children born to them were genetically disposed to the condition of sin....but thats another subject.
God's highest created being, Lucifer, has already rebelled. God doesn't have a great track record when it comes to creating devoted followers, does he? Perhaps he needs to look at himself before blaming and cursing everyone else?

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