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To: syriacus

You said: He might have called it "Eden."

As we know, God left the possiblity of sin open in Eden. That's why we're in the mess we're in. God could have, if He wanted, made Eden without the tree of knowledge of good and evil, so that no sin was possible. But He chose to give us free will, which we promptly used to sin against Him.


220 posted on 08/18/2005 7:17:01 PM PDT by NCLaw441
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To: NCLaw441
But He chose to give us free will, which we promptly used to sin against Him.

Since God knew when he created man that they would sin, he created that sin. There was no free will since it was all determined when God created man.

When God created man, he knew he was also creating the BTK murderer and all the pain he would inflict on those innocent victims.

225 posted on 08/18/2005 7:20:21 PM PDT by WildTurkey (When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
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To: NCLaw441

I understand. Thanks.


226 posted on 08/18/2005 7:20:55 PM PDT by syriacus (Cindy doesn't want our soldiers to shoot insurgent bombers who are murdering small Iraqi children.)
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