[annalex]

It offends the ears of some, when it is said God willed this fall; but what else, I pray, is the permission of Him, who has the power of preventing, and in whose hand the whole matter is placed, but his will?

Calvin is entitled to his fantasies, but the divinely inspired author went out of his way to explain to us the opposite, that God allowed Adam to exercise his free will not only without wishing it, but seemingly not even knowing that the sin took place:

9 And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where art thou? [...] 11 ... And who hath told thee that thou wast naked [...] 13 ... Why hast thou done this?

[Blogger]

Say what??????!!!!!

You are denying God's omniscience and omnipotence???ANNALEX!!!! If that is what you believe about God, good grief how do you sleep at night?

If God is stripped of his essential attributes He is no longer God, we have no hope, and anything can happen. If God is stripped of his essential attributes then the world is governed by chance, our molecular structure is held together by who knows what and we have no hope in anything.

Rethink your statement Annalex. The implications are profound.