Originally posted by danielsmithAbsolutley. As a reasoning being, with free will (supposedly, given the christian standpoint), not only do I have the right, I have a duty to do so. If god gave me the ability to make my own decisions and yet, knowing in his infinite wisdom that I would naturally be imperfect, placed a temptation that large in the Garden, then he gets everything he's asking for. I'd hate to disappoint his omniscience.
Question for all people:
Would you still eat the apple knowing what God's response was?
Originally posted by FreakyKBHIt's a foregone conclusion because, being omniscient, god knew Adam would eat from the apple. He knew, in advance, the exact hour that Adam would do so. It is quite clear that despite his warnings not to eat it, this is exactly what god had in mind all along. His warnings were, in fact, nothing but play acting. It is impossible that Adam could have taken an omniscient god by surprise. So it is abundantly clear that if mankind is in a "fallen" state, it is because that is exactly where god wanted them to be.
It's a foregone conclusion that everyone would have, eventually. Of course, it's difficult to determine that the fruit was an apple.
Originally posted by rwingettGod's a bit of a bastard.
It's a foregone conclusion because, being omniscient, god knew Adam would eat from the apple. He knew, in advance, the exact hour that Adam would do so. It is quite clear that despite his warnings not to eat it, this is exactly what god had in mind all along. His warnings were, in fact, nothing but play acting. It is impossible that Adam could have taken an ...[text shortened]... if mankind is in a "fallen" state, it is because that is exactly where god wanted them to be.
