[HarleyD]

Where does Scripture say that? This is key. God ALLOWS the Serpent into the Garden.

Aren't the serpents steps from the Lord as well? (Assuming serpents have feet.) ;O)

[jo kus]

God ALLOWS the Serpent into the Garden.

Aren't the serpents steps from the Lord as well? (Assuming serpents have feet.) ;O)

There is a difference between "sent" and "allowed". Such is the difference between positive reprobation, declared a heresy by the Church at the Council of Orange 2, and negative reprobation, believed by the Church's greatest theologians, such as St. Augustine and St. Aquinas.

Regards