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Friday, August 27, 2010

Eden

It would almost seem that God set us up for The Fall... He put the tree there with eye-pleasing fruit, right? He threw Satan to the Earth when he fell... and then He said, "Don't."
Consider that we tell a child "Don't touch!" Well, of course he/she will touch whatever it is he/she is not supposed to touch (a hot stove perhaps)? WHY? Because the child needs (?) the experience of touching whatever it is to realize why the "Don't" is present in the command. Three things that volley us toward sin: The existence of an object (which doesn't even have to be desireable), a command to NOT - and finally, the thought promoted (stemming from a lie) that asks, "Why wouldn't I?" Object, Command, Lie.
Is this the ultimate reason for human suffering? Did God want us to experience the reason why NOT to sin, in order to understand why the opposite choice is the better? I smell a plot.
And to us tiny pleebs - it SEEMS very unfair, because as we all know, we suffer when we sin (and even when we do not).
So hey! Why did God make that tree again? I for one am going to need a 101 on this.

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