God, the all-knowing, knew Satan would tempt Eve and knew Eve would fall, yet God provided the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and permitted Satan into Eden knowing ahead of time what the result would be.
How can anyone argue that God didn't set us up for the Fall?
2006-08-22 13:23:41 · 10 answers · asked by bobkgin 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Satan was allowed into Eden for the same reason as "god" planted the Tree there. Obviously, any testing of humans by "god" is meaningless, since he is omniscient. Thus, Judeo-Christian myths like this are crap. But at least most Jews don't think this is literal.
2006-08-22 13:27:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
God allows all of His creations (including Satan) free will and the choices that go with that. God knew that He had to allow Satan to appear in the Garden of Eden in any form that Satan wanted.
God also allowed Adam and Eve to obey God's command not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, or not to obey this command and believe the lie told him by Satan. This is part of the nature of perfect good...to allow all His creations power over their own destinies.
Satan wanted to be worshipped on a par with God Himself...the created wanted equity with the creator. Because Adam believed Satan and acted upon it, we fell out of grace and rebellion took over the human race.
God did forsee the fall, but God knows what happened in the past, is aware of the present, and understands how things will happen in the future. God does have a plan...
2006-08-22 20:41:32 · answer #2 · answered by stronzo5785 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, but you are forgetting one thing: free will. Adam and Eve had the Choice to partake of the fruit. God did not make them eat it. If Adam and Eve had not partaken of the fruit, then they would have lived forever innocent in the garden and we would not be here. So free will was set in motion from the beginning. And remember, you can't know good without knowing evil. If they had never sinned, they would of never known what it is to be righteous. Hope that answers your question.
2006-08-22 20:42:14 · answer #3 · answered by Pace 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is Satan, two sides of the same coin.
How could Satan who is a "fallen angel" be around at the time of creation, if indeed God hadn't created him?
2006-08-22 20:28:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Satan is the prince of this world.He is a deciever and a liar.He`s out for all he can con and trick.It`s a spiritual war fare between God ,his Angels and the Devil and his.
2006-08-22 23:31:30 · answer #5 · answered by greenstateresearcher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whole Eden story is fictitious, so it is inappropriate to try to draw any conclusions from it. (A bit of logic here: from a false premise, any conclusion can be drawn.)
2006-08-22 20:28:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is every possibility that the bible is a clever frabrication with teachings and stories taken from earliers history of civilizations..
2006-08-22 20:31:07 · answer #7 · answered by SK 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Still at it, eh?
Why not just go to God and condemn him? Stop wasting time asking people if God set them up. Just go tell God that he set us up. He will hear you. What he does in response is anyone's guess. But he will respond.
2006-08-22 20:35:40 · answer #8 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is a beautiful Question, I'll stand by and see the answers You won''t get many, O.K. Christians the door is open ...Jump!!!
2006-08-22 20:29:14 · answer #9 · answered by class4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you will get an answer here because no one knows the answer.
2006-08-22 20:32:30 · answer #10 · answered by Hot Stuff 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋