05-13-2019, 12:21 PM
(05-09-2019, 03:32 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: God gave them free will without a conscience; the ability to know right from wrong or the "knowledge of good and evil." So Adam and Eve had no way of understanding the consequences of their actions; obey=good, disobey=bad. And God did this fully knowing they would disobey him before the first day of creation. Why would God have any expectations they would obey knowing they wouldn't?
That would be like me telling a baby not to poop in its diaper knowing the baby doesn't understand a damn word I'm saying. Then feeding the baby Ex-lax. Then getting mad at the baby for pooping in its diaper even though I knew the kid was going to poop in its diaper.
Who knew a god could be omniscient and yet fall for a logical fallacy?
But Adam and Eve did know what the consequences of their actions would be, which was death. God made this clear to them when he said that they will "surely die" if they eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Even Satan knew that Adam and Eve understood what the consequence of their actions was because Satan went as far as to offer a rebuttal to what God said and counter argued that they wouldn't die but instead would become like God.
