This is really ticking me off. I'm getting conflicting responses and it's annoying. Would someone please tell me whether God did or did not know that Adam & Eve would wind up disobeying him and eating the fruit?
And don't give me that "we don't know the mind of God" line. If you're not ACTUALLY going to answer the question then DON'T ANSWER THE QUESTION. Did God or did god not KNOW that Adam and Eve would bring about the "fall of man"?
2007-05-22 08:21:19 · 61 answers · asked by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This is a great question...If God didn't know, then what kind of God is he? If he did know, why would he want the fall of man? I can't wait for some people to defend this.
2007-05-22 08:25:27 · answer #1 · answered by Lioness 6 · 4⤊ 5⤋
I think that God can see all possible outcomes of any decision we make. So God knew that it was possible that Adam and Eve would fall. However, that whole pesky free will thing pops up. Adam and Eve had perfect free will to accept or reject the fruit. What if they had rejected the serpent and not eaten the fruit? What if only Eve had taken the fruit and Adam did not? I think that God knew that those outcomes were possible too. And I think that He had a plan for whichever outcome Adam and Eve chose.
2007-05-22 08:31:45 · answer #2 · answered by rockjock_2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that God did know that Adam and Eve would disobey him and eat the fruit he made everything and he knew everything that was going to happen before it happened. He predicted the fall of man
2007-05-22 08:36:29 · answer #3 · answered by amanda2008 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course he or she did! That is if you believe in in all knowing, seeing individual god. I am the Alpha the Omega, the Beginning, the End. Exist in the past, present, and future. Omnipotent and all that implies. I think the real trouble for most. Is why then did he or she allow this to happen. The answer for most. Is it is part of the greater grand design. Learning, freewill, and the choices one makes in life constant learning process. Not to mention, God did not want mindless controlled robots. He or she wants us to choose the right path by our own choices. Of course we make mistakes along the way. As Adam an Eve did. As long as we ask to be forgiven and learn for said mistakes. We will grow into the children God already knows we can be.
Peace!!! Love!!!
2007-05-30 04:08:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes if they claim he is omniscient than he knew what would happen. How odd that he had to search for Adam and Eve when they were trying to hide though.
Also why did he not simply hide the tree rather than putting it in the very center of the garden. And why would he even draw their attention to it by telling them to not eat from a specific tree. There are so many questions about this.
Further before they ate of the tree and could not distinguish between good and evil. How could they have known that disobedience would have been "wrong".
2007-05-22 08:30:30 · answer #5 · answered by The_Slasher_of_Veils 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just because God knew what was going to happen doesn't mean he wanted them to eat the fruit. God views our concept of time as a picture, not as a sequence of events. I would say they disobeyed God when they decided they could eat the fruit, not when they actually ate it. I think the fruit itself gets too much coverage when examining this. The real sin is in thinking you can eat the fruit, or can handle eating the fruit and continue eating the fruit from the tree of life. You must choose one. The knowledge mentioned is the knowledge of good and evil, not historical or scientific knowledge. God originally wanted to shield us from knowing about evil and danger. He wanted to protect us from pain and suffering. We choose to know them. Adam and Eve are sort of a summary for man's relationship with God through history. God wants you to be in paradise...God acknowledges there are things that will keep you there, and things that won't...man desires paradise, but takes it for granted...man disobeys God...God is bothered by this... Thats my really simple version...subject to more scholarly review... As far as eating the fruit being inevitable...I don't know...it would appear that it is, but man was a little different before the fall, so I don't really know. Did man's sinful nature exist before the fall? Or is it a result? Good question...
2016-05-20 02:05:03 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but that doesn't mean that Adam and Eve didn't have a choice, just that God knew what that choice would be. And until the unbeliever can show that a universe with love (even though it entails the possibility of evil) cannot be better than a universe without love (even though it entails no possibility of evil), then he or she cannot argue that God was not morally justified in creating the world in the way He did.
2007-05-22 08:29:26 · answer #7 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, God knew that Adam & Eve would disobey Him.
2007-05-30 08:04:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, He knew that Adam and Eve would disobey. That is why He had already prepared to come down from Heaven Himself as a man who became His only begotten Son, Jesus. He already had the Ultimate Sacrifice ready for us to show us His forgiving and sacrificial love.
He made it so easy for us to just accept Jesus and be forgiven. That's how much He loves us.
2007-05-23 07:34:11 · answer #9 · answered by 4HIM- Christians love 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes God knew Adam and Eve would fall in the garden and he had already made a provision for their redemption in Christ's work on the cross.
2007-05-22 08:30:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe god knew EXACTLY what he was doing when he put temptation out there for Adam and Eve. All part of his grand plan. It's interesting to wonder what would have happened, if the temptation was never put there to begin with. What would have been the outcome of that? Thoughts?
2007-05-24 12:57:31 · answer #11 · answered by Rogue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋