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Originally posted by galveston75This is what the world would be like.
Any thoughts on what the world would be like now if Adam & Eve would not have sinned?
Originally posted by mikelomaccording to the biblical narrative, god is terrified of humans becoming like him ergo we have the expulsion from eden and the tower of babylon debacle.
This is parodoxical, because the bible clearly states that God deliberately made man in his own image, i.e. like him.
What say ye to this paradox of your words, or the words of the same book of your belief??
-m.
Originally posted by VoidSpiritInteresting.
according to the biblical narrative, god is terrified of humans becoming like him ergo we have the expulsion from eden and the tower of babylon debacle.
it's not necessarily a paradox. if a mentally deranged individual created clones of himself to worship and adore him, he would not want them to become of equal ability.
Originally posted by tomtom232This is also the argument of the serpent.
In the bible God doesn't want Adam and Eve to also eat of the tree of life or else they will be like him.
Originally posted by SuzianneNo, read further. I am referencing the part after they eat when they are being banished. God does not want them to eat of the tree of life or else they will know good and evil and live forever and become like him. Simple. I even used short sentences.
This is also the argument of the serpent.
"Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree which ...[text shortened]... eying God's command. Simple. Just as the atheists here would have the Christians here do.
Originally posted by tomtom232
No, read further. I am referencing the part after they eat when they are being banished. God does not want them to eat of the tree of life or else they will know good and evil and live forever and become like him. Simple. I even used short sentences.
No, read further. I am referencing the part after they eat when they are being banished. God does not want them to eat of the tree of life or else they will know good and evil and live forever and become like him. Simple. I even used short sentences.
Originally posted by jaywillWith time comes understanding. To make it clearer imagine living forever... you would eventually figure everything out and even understand it all just like god does.
No, read further. I am referencing the part after they eat when they are being banished. God does not want them to eat of the tree of life or else they will know good and evil and live forever and become like him. Simple. I even used short sentences.
What profit would it be to know good and evil and not have the life power to perfo ...[text shortened]... uld you be satisfied to forever just know good and evil and yet be powerlessly enslaved to sin ?
Originally posted by tomtom232
With time comes understanding. To make it clearer imagine living forever... you would eventually figure everything out and even understand it all just like god does.
With time comes understanding. To make it clearer imagine living forever... you would eventually figure everything out and even understand it all just like god does.
What profit would it be to know good and evil and not have the life power to perform the good or resist the evil ?"Would you be satisfied to forever just know good and evil and yet be powerlessly enslaved to sin ? " - UNQUOTE!!!
Would you be satisfied to forever just know good and evil and yet be powerlessly enslaved to sin ?[/b]
Originally posted by jaywillEven 900 years pales in comparison to forever, jaywill, and I am sure you are aware of this fact. Furthermore, time can't bring death if you live forever.
With time comes understanding. To make it clearer imagine living forever... you would eventually figure everything out and even understand it all just like god does.
Adam lived [b]900 some years .
It seems that in the record time only eventually brought death.
With the exception of Enoch who walked with ...[text shortened]... ow - Sin - Satan the Devil.
Satan was not about to let his subjects become righteous as God.[/b]
Originally posted by jaywillIf you believe Adam lived for 900 years...... my opinion of you is going to be flushed down the bog! You're unreal! 🙁
With time comes understanding. To make it clearer imagine living forever... you would eventually figure everything out and even understand it all just like god does.
Adam lived [b]900 some years .
It seems that in the record time only eventually brought death.
With the exception of Enoch who walked with ...[text shortened]... ow - Sin - Satan the Devil.
Satan was not about to let his subjects become righteous as God.[/b]