So, what was Adam's 'personality?' God didn't say He created a 'personality.' He created man. What He created in Adam is what is in you, and in all of us. Are you any less prone to sin then any other man? Were you born unrighteous because of your personality? Were you 'saved' because of your personality? The only place where personality plays a role is in self-love, narcissism, arrogance and pride. Those are not God-created attributes.
Say you believe that God has so moved you to give $100 to "charity". What is it that moves you to give to the Heart Foundation, when the next Christian so moved might give to fight lung cancer? Is one a better Christian than the other?
Do we all not identify more so with the personalities of some of the great Biblical figures than others? Peter's "enthusiasm", Paul's steadfastness, John the Baptist's zealotry, or Moses' meekness. These are personality traits that are not sinful by themselves. God uses each to the fullest to accomplish His plan. Each trait made that person perfect for the job God had in mind. I don't understand associating all personality with sin.
I'm shocked to read this. Sounds as preposterous to me as the sentence: "I [kosta50] just walked back from the moon this afternoon."
I can't conceive of, imagine a way to create man as man is without personality. Personality is inherent in being a human being. Adam and Eve clearly had each their own personalities. We psychologists can talk about the major types of personality. But each individual has a very unique personality.
Have you even TRIED to IMAGINE an individual without a personality? Or do you have a history in Eastern Mysticism in which personality--any NON-ONE-NESS--is 100% illusion???
There are individuals without personality in our world. They are brain dead--literally--key parts of their brain are dead and they are living vegetables. That's to be without personality. It's not usually considered remotely fully human.
Are you contending that our joy-beyond-measure-Heavenly state is to be similarly without personality? GTTM. LOL.
That still strikes me as a serious affront to Father who CREATED A TAILOR MADE PERSONALITY FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL and typically goes to ENORMOUSLY great lengths to protect and shape it.
THOSE ARE FAR from the only place personality plays a role! There could be NO CONSCIOUSNESS without personality. There could be no Martin Buber "I-THOU" relationship with God or anyone else without personality. There could be no choice FOR CHRIST, GOD, SALVATION without personality. There could be NO PERCEPTIONS (AS Human) of God or anything/anyone else, without personality.
Personality is the foundational substrate of existence as humans. Personality is the foundational substrate of existence as "made in God's image." I cannot imagine of any humanness nor of any being created in God's image without personality.
It is simply THOROUGHLY UNTRUE that the ONLY place personality plays a role is in self-love, narcissism, arrogance and pride.
THAT'S SIMPLY OBJECTIVELY AND SUBJECTIVELY EMPHATICALLY UNTRUE.