29 Jun '08 06:26>
I'm not very religious,but in catholic church I remembered the priest saying that God "knows all" and "sees all".If i intrepret this properly,then God,i assume can also see the future and knows what is going to happen,right?God is God and is "all knowing".
So,lets think about this.God created Adam and Eve and gave Adam the "apple test".Adam was told not to eat the apple or future mankind will be forever forced to live a mortal life on earth,ect ect...you know the story.But heres the paradox....God "already knew" that adam would eat that apple even before he created adam and eve!God already "knew"the outcome,for he knows all and see's all and can see the future!So this was no test at all,even with "free will" because the outcome was already established by God ahead of time and he already "knew"that mankind would be mortal,not immortal.God then created 2 beings to do exactly what he knew would happen!
So,the way i look at it,we never had a chance in the first place to live on a higher plane of existance without pain and suffering,since God knew the apple would be eaten ahead of time....see?
So,lets think about this.God created Adam and Eve and gave Adam the "apple test".Adam was told not to eat the apple or future mankind will be forever forced to live a mortal life on earth,ect ect...you know the story.But heres the paradox....God "already knew" that adam would eat that apple even before he created adam and eve!God already "knew"the outcome,for he knows all and see's all and can see the future!So this was no test at all,even with "free will" because the outcome was already established by God ahead of time and he already "knew"that mankind would be mortal,not immortal.God then created 2 beings to do exactly what he knew would happen!
So,the way i look at it,we never had a chance in the first place to live on a higher plane of existance without pain and suffering,since God knew the apple would be eaten ahead of time....see?