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To: Forest Keeper; Kolokotronis; Cronos; annalex; jo kus
So every human in existence (since Adam) throughout time has spent his entire time on earth in an unnatural state?

Yes. Every human being since Adam was born with the consequece or Adam's sin, which is mortality. Every one of us was born separated from God.

Now, we are not necessarily conscious of our unnatural state as something unnatural, and I see that the thought probably never occurred to you until now that our "natural" state may not be natural.

But it is clear that the way we are is not the way God created man.

2,070 posted on 01/28/2006 3:40:16 AM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50
Me: So every human in existence (since Adam) throughout time has spent his entire time on earth in an unnatural state?

Yes. Every human being since Adam was born with the consequence or Adam's sin, which is mortality. Every one of us was born separated from God. ... But it is clear that the way we are is not the way God created man.

OK, I think this might be going back to the "what is God's plan" debate. If "natural" is mankind before the first sin, then I think I see what you are saying. However, that would bring me back to my recently posted argument (after your post) about God's role in creating man with the potential to sin. Is it only natural if man doesn't do what he could do? Does that sound natural for the human condition?

2,152 posted on 01/30/2006 1:18:35 PM PST by Forest Keeper
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