If God knew that Eve was going to be tricked into eating the fruit from the snake or should we say the devil then why didn't he prevented that from happening? (remember God is "perfect") And also if God is loving then why does he give us freewill to do evil. I thought God wanted us to go to Heaven and be happy. So this must mean that the bible had been written from really intellgent men with great imagination.
2007-06-20 08:02:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I ask this because i am confused.
2007-06-20 08:11:59 · update #1
Contrary to mythology, any modern teenager has a far higher IQ, superior powers of reason and logic, and a vastly wider education and knowledge base than ANY PERSON from BC Palestine. We really must shed the silly notion that Prophets, Saints, and Bible characters have some special wisdom. The fact remains, they were predominantly illiterate, and predominantly superstitious.
2007-06-20 08:06:21 · answer #1 · answered by ED SNOW 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Of course God is not fake. We are the fake apart from the divine light (in our soul) that we carry from God. God is Real.
Of course God knew what would happen because God knows what will happen fronm the beginning of time until the end of time in the creation as we know it. He is All-Knowing, Omnipresent, Omniscient and more. But he gave us free will because he didn't create us to be robots, what would be the point in that. Even angels are not robots. He knows the outcome of all of us but he doesn't interfere. If he made an exception for one then he would have to make an exception for everyone and then that would negate free will and then we would be robots. Do you see what I mean.
God loving guides us to do good. This is why he sent Prophets because he wants to draw us back to our true home, the heavenly abode.
Read this fab article that so nicely explains everything, from an sufi Islamic perspective:
http://www.sufism.org/society/articles/GoodAndEvil.htm
Hope this helps.
Peace.
2007-06-20 15:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by ♥zene purrs♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if the story were true, and God allowed Eve to be tempted, what is imperfect about that?
The material world exists so that we, as individual souls, can fulfill our desires. Previously, we had spiritual bodies, but we somehow or other became dissatisfied serving God. God always gives us what we desire, so He gave us these material bodies so that we can enjoy the illusion of being lord. However, we are not meant to be lord, but servant, so we are constantly frustrated here in our attempts. Of course, God knows this, because He designed the material world just so we would become dissatisfied with it, and return to our original position, as happy servants of God.
We are always suffering some delusion or other. We cannot be happy here, but we are somehow thinking we can. Eve was envious of the position of God. When the serpent told her that she could become like God, she believed. But, no one can become as great as God. That is illusion. Her subsequent suffering was a result of her envy.
2007-06-20 15:17:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
*Drink*
I'm learning thanks to all atheists
o.k God knew, that was going to happen!, Now that question is why he did not interfere at that moment!
Do you remember when God told Adam to take care of the garden, he also told him to govern over all creatures!
So God gave orders to Adam, so God told him that he was allowed to eat all the fruits in the garden, BUT NOT THE ONE WITH THE PROHIBITED FRUIT!
so God commanded Adam and eve right? that means that they had free will to make choices!
God made Adam and eve perfect being with the ability to take decisions!
They chose to eat the prohibited fruit! they were not programmed to failed, they were created to decide, not to fail or fail.!
it always your choice!
free will it's a powerful thing! but it does not interfere with God omniscience because we live in a natural world, God knows what's going to happen in the future, [but our decisions can change God's will for us, but our will cannot change God's decisions!]
2007-06-20 15:06:19 · answer #4 · answered by Not of This World Returns 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because if God PREVENTED it from happening, then Eve wouldn't have FREE will. That's how free will works... if one's will is prevented from doing something (at least something that it can logically do), then it isn't free.
2007-06-20 15:12:33 · answer #5 · answered by Deof Movestofca 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God is very real...
We have a choice which road to walk down, good or evil..
It was His plan to test Eve and she failed it....
2007-06-20 15:07:08 · answer #6 · answered by karen_03625 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was the best story that they could come up with at the time.
2007-06-20 15:09:14 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am affraid that mythology has more truth in it than the bible.
2007-06-20 15:08:08 · answer #8 · answered by Mike S 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
why do you even have to ask? if you have these questions you know its fake.
2007-06-20 15:08:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because it was not real! It is fictitious! Please just open your eyes and come back to planet Earth!
2007-06-20 15:06:52 · answer #10 · answered by mrjamfy 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋