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Re: The Resident Christian's Personal Rant
by callei (plyn@plynlymon.com)
on Jul 29, 2001 - 08:44 PM
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Bettie? I think this one is to you..... A convert waiting to happen. (i am being humourous, this is intended to amuse)
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Re: The Resident Christian's Personal Rant
by Schizo on Jul 31, 2001 - 05:22 AM
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Does the Knowledge of Good and Evil equate free will? Adam and Eve exerted free will before even tasting of that by deciding to taste it. God told them not to, they decided to, they did it, then they got the knowledge. That was free will.
I always thought that perhaps God intended them to know these things, but it wasn't time yet. Or that wasn't the way. I don't know. But that theory is carried out in C.S. Lewis's book Perelandra (from his Space Trilogy, which I very much enjoyed.)
I don't think Adam and Eve were punished for the sake of punishment. I think their rebellion against the source of Life naturally brought about death and decay. If you don't eat, you starve; starvation is not a punishment for not eating.
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