Except for following God's word and staying away from the forbidden fruit. Judging from the punishment that was a HUGE sin that they had a tendency towards.
OK That's your view. But from Christianity's view was merely an exercise of free will without and inherent weakness causing it.
You limit trhe issue to a mere eating of a fruit-but there was far more involved in that action than meets the uninformed eye. As I previously explained, inherent in that action is a request-a rejection of guidence and a decision to try things on their own.
As for total freedom, strange that you should take umbrage since total freedom leads to anarchy and I am 100% sure that you would no want your government to allow that kind of freedom to its citizens since you would be victimized. Common sense.
I don't see how that answers my question.
So day is day then?
God can view a day in different durations not just 24 hours. That's why Adam died after living some 900 years.
2 Peter 3:8
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Psalm 90:4
For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.
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Thousands of years later God is still said to be in his day of rest into which we can enter via casting sin away. So that in itself tells us clearly that the other creative days could not have been 24 hours long.
Hebrews 4:5
And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
Hebrews 4:10
For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Science may have occasional mistakes, but there is a process where these mistakes are found and corrected.
Mankind has been basically stuck for over a millennia because of religious dogma, culminating in the dark ages. Since science has come to the rescue we have been advancing our knowledge and quality of life by a fantastic rate.
That's a strawman since I am not debating against science. Of course science has its benefits. But to say that we know things in realms where science hasn't penetrated is unjustified. For example, we can say that based only on what we see in this part of the VISIBLE or DETECTABLE universe gravity exists and behaves in such and such a way. However, if we presumptuously extrapolate into the whole realm of existence, then we are being unscientific since our science is based on the characteristics of this dimension and this little part of the universe. Actually, even in this dimension the major portion of our universe has receded beyond detectability. So even here we are limited.
As far as science benefiting mankind, that is debatable since we are still slaughtering one another like savages. Proving that the original lie was a lie since we can't do things on our own without making fools of ourselves.[/quote]
So am I. You were saying that God is at least merciful enough that humanity continued and we are here alive. And I'm saying there are numbers of people totaling many times the current population of Earth whose ancestors were killed in the flood that are not so lucky. They have no opportunity to live. They would not consider God so merciful.
The reason we are granted life is so we can make a choice as Adam and Eve had an opportunity to choose and not have to permanently suffer the consequence of their decision.
About those who died in the past-that's why God provided the resurrection.
Acts 24:15
And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
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Not all those who died in the flood were humans. Genetic contamination had taken place. So when I say ressurection, it applies only to those humans who might have perished.
