the whereu dilemma, page-183

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    I'll attempt to summarize what I think you posted.

    An all knowing God created a perfect world which was free of death and sin.
    • Part of this perfect world was a gift of "free will"
    • God included instructions in his perfect world.
    • Disobeying the instructions lead to an imperfect world.
    • Humans were powerless to revert the world back to a perfect state
    • God needed to intervene to restore perfection.

    A number of points don't make sense to me.

    An all knowing God would have known that his creation would lead to disobedience, and that this disobedience would lead to imperfection. It appears that a 5 minute incident several thousand years ago involving a minor transgression on Adam and Eve's part threw all of mankind and nature into disarray. A "design" that lead to all future generations inheriting a "reprobate mind" because of a single transgression by just two people in which one (eve) admitted her mistake. Not only that but a design that lead to the deterioration of of the entire world from that single incident.

    Forgiveness is a major theme in scripture; yet little mention is made of God forgiving Adam and Eve for their transgression even though Eve admitted that she had been deceived. Even in our so called fallen state we often come round to admitting our faults and to seeking forgiveness. It seems to be reasonable to me that Adam and Eve would have done the same if they were given a chance. After all they were only a single minor transgression away from perfection which could have been restored through forgiveness.

    The complete restoration of perfection seems to be something that happens in the future. In the meantime billions suffer the consequences of the incident that lead to the imperfection.


    I find it very difficult to believe that an all powerful creator God would have designed his creation with this outcome.

    In addition there is no evidence to support the notion that at some point in history all of nature flicked from a state of perfection to a state of imperfection.


    "Where was sky-daddy when all these crimes were committed against young children ?"

    If this question is to be criticized it would be for not being PC. But no, I don't believe it is a *** question or a question based on ignorance. I would agree that it is based on opinion as most questions are.

    For me it is based on what is in my opinion a lack of compassion by a God who is supposed to have the power to protect the vulnerable but fails to do so.
 
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