we have an aversion to drinking motor oil. but we could still drink it if we wanted to. why couldn’t god have created in us an aversion to sin like we have an aversion to drinking motor oil?
2007-01-18 11:25:28 · 16 answers · asked by tandypants 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i should add i am very skeptical myself....
2007-01-18 11:29:14 · update #1
Because man created sin, not God.
Most of us do have an aversion to things like murder, but the concept of sin (for instance, lust) is purely man-made.
2007-01-18 11:28:04 · answer #1 · answered by Psyleet 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would seem that humans were created, in the beginning with a propensity to dislike sin. Adam and Eve were happy to walk with God and obey him - they didn't fall into sin by themselves. It took Satan acting as catalyst to push them to it, a devious and much wiser entity that tricked them into doubt of God and created a concept in them that they could be like God, a concept that they didn't and possibly couldn't have come up with themselves.
Besides, we aren't created with an aversion to drinking motor oil either, we learn that you don't drink it. Put an open can of motor oil on the floor with a 1-year-old and see what happens.
Finally, I knew a guy who used to drink motor oil for bets. He said it gave him horrible diarrhea.
2007-01-18 11:36:46 · answer #2 · answered by Matt c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He did. It's called our divine nature. It's why we cringe the first time we do something wrong. But the more we sin, the less we can hear our divine nature fighting what we are doing until it seems easy to sin, without repurcussion.
There's also this little thing called free agency. We wouldn't be free to choose between right and wrong if one made us recoil from the day we were born. God doesn't force us to do anything, it is our choice whether we follow him or not.
2007-01-18 11:35:10 · answer #3 · answered by Raising6Ducklings! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of the first sin of Adam, that brought on the sin nature. The flesh is a enemy of God, and it cannot be saved. Only the spirit of a person can be saved. But whenever you get born again, and receive the spirit of Jesus you grow a hatred for sin, and the body becomes less of a force.
2007-01-18 11:35:06 · answer #4 · answered by ۞ JønaŦhan ۞ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear agnosticism, he did, In the begging, we were part of Gods perfect creation, there was no sinin us, and God declared everything good. but, God did However give us free will, and with this free wil be desired to disobey God command to never eat of the tree. Once this hapened, humanity became owned by sin , and slaved by its desires, our once pure hearts were corrupted and we began to crave drink in iniquity like water. it is now human nature to obey the desries of sin and lust, because of our intital disobediance to the will of God. The propensity to dislike sin, was thus dissolved like sugar in water, and the flood gates have been let down and it has slowy brought our destruction.
God Bless
WDJD
2007-01-18 11:33:58 · answer #5 · answered by WDJD 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, because "god" did not create us! there's no info of any style that we were "created" by technique of somewhat all and diverse or something, or that there is any type of god. there is substantial info that we developed over billions of years like various the different existence on earth, by technique of organic approaches and with none direction by technique of legendary supernatural beings. There are *billions* of questions like yours that is requested in case you somewhat imagine there's a god...why did he make us so liable to disease? Why did he go away vestigal tails in us? Why will we've a ineffective appendix? Why do adult men have nipples? None of them make any experience from a "god created us" standpoint -- yet all are completely, clearly explainable once you already keep in mind that we developed on earth, and that no god had something to do with it. Peace.
2016-10-15 10:25:34 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Then it would be too easy. What basis would God have for giving you an award for avoiding sin if it didn't require any effort on your part?
2007-01-18 11:29:12 · answer #7 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because he already created angels, we are human.And as humans we are given free-will to chose between right and wrong, that seperates us from angels and tests our obedience to God. Through this free-will we can be God's best creation or his worst.
2007-01-18 11:31:08 · answer #8 · answered by answerthequestion? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christian doctrine maintains that he did. Our inclination to sin is the result of the fall.
2007-01-18 11:28:49 · answer #9 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God gave us free will. It's our choice to sin or not.
2007-01-18 11:31:34 · answer #10 · answered by Born Again Christian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋