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Why do Christians make God out to be dumb?

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doctrbill
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01-31-2004 12:27 AM 		Reply to: Message 5 by Abshalom
01-30-2004 2:03 PM

Re: Why Blame God?
Kudos Sir,
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Thank you for that glorious revelation of eternal truth.
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doctrbill
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10-02-2004 4:22 PM 		Reply to: Message 182 by cduben
09-28-2004 10:29 AM

Re: Simple question
cduben writes:
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God did not bring evil into the world.
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Does God have competition? Who could compete with an all powerful God? Who could create but the creator. Is there another creator? A creator of evil?
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When God created Adam, he gave him the choice to do right or wrong.
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I don't think so ... I believe he said,
"Don't eat that fruit, Boy; It isn't Kosher."
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Freedom of choice would be like: "Lochs and Bagels? OR Ham and Cheese?"
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What God said was: "My way or the Highway."
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Besides Adam didn't know good from evil until after he had eaten the fruit, so how could he make an intelligent choice beforehand?
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Yes, God could have not put the forbidden tree in the garden. But then Adam would have nothing to resist; nothing to win against.
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In other words: God tempted Adam to sin; placed temptation in Adam's way. Too bad Adam hadn't heard about that prayer: Lead us not into temptation. You think God would've left the tree out of the garden if Adam had prayed that prayer?
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Wouldn't that be nice? No temptations. No difficult decisions. No trick questions. Just a simple, sunny, existence in the garden with your naked girlfriend.
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