Since Adam was perfect why, by his free will, did he choose imperfection?
Every good thing comes from God, like free will Be that as it may, why did Adam suffer the consequences for putting it into use?
2006-11-17 13:16:46 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because he made a bad decision, guess what will happen if you make a bad choice? Same thing, you will have to deal with the consequences. Life is a beyotch, then you die, "dude"..
Just had to use the word "dude".. could not stop myself
2006-11-17 13:26:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All that God creates is good and cannot create anything that is not good by virtue of him being absolute. God creates a tree of knowledge of good and evil....silly Adam thinking if God made it, it must be good. He could not know it was evil unless he eat from it, thus gaining the ability to know.
Having no knowledge of evil, Adam partakes. God, being all-knowing that he is, is shocked and dismayed, and quite angry that Adam would do something like that. If he had no knowledge of good and evil, how could Adam know it was bad to eat it?
If ye put a bowl full of candy in a room full of children, of course, they shall eat from it. What is so shocking? Since God knew Adam would eat from it in the first place, why would he put the tree there and then become wroth when Adam took that predestined bite? Adam was set up.
2006-11-17 22:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by Audrey Grace 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Adam did not choose imperfection. He was deceived by Eve, who was deceived by Satan. They chose what they "thought" was better based on the lie that Satan had introduced to them. They were punished for disobedience, not for choosing imperfection. They did not realize that Satan had lied. They did not know what a lie was. However, Adam did know that God told him not to eat of this tree. Free will does not mean you are compelled to do wrong, it means you can choose wrong if you wish but "you will surly die"-this is where you are confused. This was not a trap, it was a clear mistrust of God.
2006-11-17 21:26:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God created Adam as a living being in has image, and gave him authority over everything else he created. Man was created to rule under God and to be the physical carrier of his spirit on earth. Part of human nature is that we have a free will. God is too loving to force submission from anyone. He wants us to freely choose to love and serve Him.
2006-11-17 21:35:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God told Adam, "...for in the day you eat from it you will positively die." Gen. 2:17.
Adam's body was perfect, so because of his breaking God's command, with in God's day of a thousand yrs. Adam did die, 930 yrs. old as God said he would. Because it took that long to die he had a perfect body.
He chose that course he was not a robot either obey or disobey.
The last Adam Jesus Christ, was also born perfect but not like Adam Jesus obeyed his father right down to his suffering on that implement of death for us all.
Adam could have lived for ever and ever and be our forefather living today and God's only begotten son would not have to be send to the earth to redeem mankind...we could have been born perfect living for ever.
Can you not see the love that God did for us sending his son to us to redeem us?
Peace.....
2006-11-17 22:00:52 · answer #5 · answered by Donaldsan theGreatone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who said Adam was perfect?
2006-11-17 21:19:01 · answer #6 · answered by Messenger 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why launch the Insurrection
Against an object of perfection
Imperfection is your perception
Not a case for redemption
2006-11-17 21:18:37 · answer #7 · answered by Desert Sienna 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He chose poorly, according to the story.
2006-11-17 21:19:20 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stop it !!! Just stop it - no logical thinking alowed!!
2006-11-17 21:19:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋