LessNoise:
If you ask me.....na who i go ask??

eezeribe:
... Because he had already programmed it to happen like that...
Most of the Biblical accounts of the creation and fall of mankind are just look more and see less....

izzou:
Have you ever wondered why God didn't just create us as robots?

God made man in his own image. Some would say that Man is a free moral agent. God wanted man to serve him and to surrender to him by himself,not being compelled by anybody or force.

We are free to make whatsoever choice we want. But we won't be free from the consequences.

Just as Adam decided to eat the Apple out of his own freewill,that's how you have to choice to make heaven or not, to kill or not, to fornicate or not, etc

God wants us to surrender to him from our own freewill. That's the obedience he requires,of which, Adam failed to understand

plessis:
The Bible is a magic book used in keeping you sheeps in your illusion.

eezeribe:
... Because he had already programmed it to happen like that...
Most of the Biblical accounts of the creation and fall of mankind are just look more and see less....

Junny04:

.But dont you think it was too early to allow them be tempted? Though they were grown ups physically, their brains and thinking ability were just like that of babies....

Junny04:

. I concur...

izzou:


We can only assume that their thinking abilities were like that of babies. God created Adam as an adult. If you remember, it was Adam that gave all the animals the name they bear. One with a child-like thinking won't be able to that that effectively

The instruction was simple, just as it is to us today. Unlike our earthly parents that will force us to do according to their will, God won't do such.

Mobi47:
mystery..... that's what we cannot understand. just leave it to God, even if you ask him, he won't tell you.

IGNORANCE AND DELUSION!

Junny04:

. I actually think anyone can name animals...just give names that come to your mind. Even babies name things according to how they view them

izzou:


If you remember, it was Adam that gave all the animals the name they bear.

DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW MANY MILLIONS OF SPECIES OF ANIMALS THERE ARE IN THE WORLD..
DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE SPECIES YET TO BE DISCOVERED OR OBSERVED FULLY BY BIOLOGISTS, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARCE OR UNEASY TO SEE AROUND BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY TINY, OR MICROSCOPIC, OR BECAUSE THEY ONLY EXIST ON PARTICULAR ISLANDS, OR VERY DEEP UNDER WATER. ?


IF 1,000,000 AND MORE LITERATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCIENTISTS ARE YET TO DISCOVER AND NAME ALL THE ANIMALS ON EARTH,

HOW DO YOU THINK IT WAS EASIER FOR ADAM, AN ILLITERATE GOAT REARER FROM THE STONE AGE?

izzou:


Lol

Remember that God saw how Adam named them,and he concluded that it was good. God actually agreed that Adam had done a good job

Junny04:

. I actually think anyone can name animals...just give names that come to your mind. Even babies name things according to how they view them

profolaolu:
Because God gave every one ability to choose, U choose the way U want to live ur live

Baawaa:

One of the grandkids of Satan is here

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DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW MANY MILLIONS OF SPECIES OF ANIMALS THERE ARE IN THE WORLD..
DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE ARE SPECIES YET TO BE DISCOVERED OR OBSERVED FULLY BY BIOLOGISTS, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY'RE SCARCE OR UNEASY TO SEE AROUND BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY TINY, OR MICROSCOPIC, OR BECAUSE THEY ONLY EXIST ON PARTICULAR ISLANDS, OR VERY DEEP UNDER WATER. ?


IF 1,000,000 AND MORE LITERATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCIENTISTS ARE YET TO DISCOVER AND NAME ALL THE ANIMALS ON EARTH,

HOW DO YOU THINK IT WAS EASIER FOR ADAM, AN ILLITERATE GOAT REARER FROM THE STONE AGE?








HE NAMED ALL THE MILLIONS OF ANIMALS UNDER ONE DAY, THAT'S BEFORE THE CREATION OF EVE..

HOW DID HE GET TO NAME THE SLOTHS OF AMERICA, THE MAMBAS AND KANGAROOS OF AUSTRALIA, THE POLAR BEARS AND PENGUINS OF ANTARCTICA, THE LIONS OF AFRICA, AND THEN TIGERS OF ASIA.. WHEN HE DIDN'T TRAVEL TO THESE PLACES WHICH ARE THE NATURAL HOMES OF THESE ANIMALS., AND MOST CANNOT SURVIVE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN?

Well, according to the Bible, Adam named them all.

And please, I used the phrase according to the bible because I believe it completely. Its my guide and compass to my unanswered questions.

If you don't believe what it says,I can't change that or help you

And besides,the Bible's primary objective is to show man his way to salvation. Its possible that we may not have some understanding concerning some issues,but that shouldn't shift our goal to what we are supposed to achieve

I only used that example to show my own understanding concerning that issue,not for it to be debated upon

izzou:


Well, according to the Bible, Adam named them all.

And please, I used the phrase according to the bible because I believe it completely. Its my guide and compass to my unanswered questions.

If you don't believe what it says,I can't change that or help you

And besides,the Bible's primary objective is to show man his way to salvation. Its possible that we may not have some understanding concerning some issues,but that shouldn't shift our goal to what we are supposed to achieve

I only used that example to show my own understanding concerning that issue,not for it to be debated upon

Junny04:
I always wonder why God allowed the serpent into the garden of Eden in the first place?..
God is all knowing and seeing, hence He must have known of the presence of the serpent in the garden...
As a father, is he meant to allow danger come close to his children?...

And if He allowed the snake into the garden just to tempt Adam and Eve,
is He meant to be surprised that Adam and Eve could not resist the temptation,
knowing fully well that they were highly ignorant people...
What's your take on this?

profolaolu:
Because God gave every one ability to choose, U choose the way U want to live ur live

hopefulLandlord:
can one chose something an omniscient being wouldn't know of before hand?

hopefulLandlord:
if an omniscient being knows I'll eat Rice,
can I use my "ability to choose" to eat beans?

MuttleyLaff:
And the LORD God said unto the serpent,
Because thou hast done this,
thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field;
upon thy belly shalt thou go,
and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
- Genesis 3:14

The serpent was allowed in the garden, for right purposes and not for wrong ones
The unabridged account of Genesis 3:14, is too long-winded to share, besides being beyond the scope of the answer you're soliciting

The first embolden (i.e. ... could not resist the temptation) shows the necessity to tackle the vulnerability of Man

If the serpent, was not allowed in the garden, or better still, was never created, satan would have used something else, a different animal or means

The second embolden (i.e. "... were highly ignorant people"), is unjust and not a fair assessment of Adam and Eve
because they certainly WEREN'T "highly ignorant people"

Of course, you're absolutely 110% correct.
Why not, if you so wish, nothing stops you

Afterall, from the word go, the Omniscient Being, from the very beginning, has always been big on carte blanche

One CANNOT chose something an Omniscient Being wouldn't know of before hand.
Remember the Omniscient Being is All-knowing
Want to why one CANNOT chose something an Omniscient Being wouldn't know of before hand?

It is because before anyone or anything for that matter, is created,
the Omniscient Being had already gone ahead through all the different permutations, that person or thing, might do or might not do

For every thing, anything that happens, like experience, event, etcetera done right, it is happy days for the Omniscient Being
and for every other thing, not done the right way, the Omniscient Being, knows how to go about setting right, such undesirable situation(s) and the collateral damage
The Omniscient Being has answers and solutions, for every choice taken or move played

Your question isnt framed correctly before asking
Read it yourself, to see how seriously out of sync it is

If you used your "ability to choose" to eat beans,
then the Omniscient Being, long before your "ability to choose" to eat beans, knew you'll eat beans and not rice.

The Omniscient Being, knew, you MIGHT, as an available option, want to eat rice
but when you eventually settled to eating beans, using your "ability to choose" from other choices, the Omniscient Being knew that too.

adepeter2027:
See funny comments above

adepeter2027:
What sought of disjointed reasoning and cop-out is this?

MuttleyLaff:
You looked in a mirror dimly when typed that

**Major eyeroll**
Stop trying to make fetch happen
The scent is intoxicating.
You smell like ignorance, drama, headache and a juvenile.
Gerarahia. Get away from this matured minds thread