<t>Gnostic Christian Bishop;1450295 wrote: Tell us the logic of God putting Satan right beside Eve while knowing that Eve could not resist the God power that God gave Satan? The power to deceive the whole world.<br/>
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God admits that Eve was deceived so had to know he was trapping her.<br/>
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<t>Gnostic Christian Bishop;1450294 wrote: Bryn<br/>
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It is a myth and no true timeline can be known. Adam is said to have been over 900 years of age showing this to be a full blown myth.<br/>
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The point is, compared to eternity, any age is a very young age to die.<br/>
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<t>Gnostic Christian Bishop;1450186 wrote: Yes and when they could not support themselves and returned God had put a guard on what would have kept them alive with orders to keep them out.<br/>
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If that is not murder to you then we are done as your discernment is not worthy of my time.<br/>
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<t>Gnostic Christian Bishop;1450054 wrote: I don't like it.<br/>
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If you continue with inane questions we will not go far.<br/>
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Nobody likes death, but some people understand that through death comes immortality and eternal life. How were A & E to have a family without first ...

<t>Gnostic Christian Bishop;1450044 wrote: Death is not a punishment. Good grief. Do you even listen to yourself?<br/>
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Okay, let's say it was a punishment. I suppose it could be termed as much. So what? What's wrong with that punishment? <br/>
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<t>Gnostic Christian Bishop;1449941 wrote: In this case, they are the same.<br/>
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If you are going to hide behind semantics then don't bother coming back.DL<br/>
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This is not semantics, this is fundamental doctrine. And as you were saying, "transgression is evil and they had no ...

<t>Gnostic Christian Bishop;1449931 wrote: Transgression eh?<br/>
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Becoming as God is a transgression to you is it?<br/>
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Even though A & E could not know they were transgressing as transgression is evil and they had no notions of good or evil.<br/>
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Matthew 5:48 <br/>
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<t>Gnostic Christian Bishop;1449850 wrote: Oops.<br/>
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I thought you wanted my view.<br/>
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To a literalist, of course the tree of life would have kept A & E alive. God says so himself.<br/>
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22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and ...

<t>AnneBoleyn;1449729 wrote: For example: “It is a tree of life to all who grasp it, and whoever holds on to it is happy; its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all it paths are peace." (Proverbs 3:17-18) refers back to:<br/>
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Proverbs 3:1, etc, all prior to 17: "My son, forget not my law; but ...

<t>Gnostic Christian Bishop;1449666 wrote: J C<br/>
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Are you familiar with original sin and God cursing the earth when he expelled A & E from Eden?<br/>
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Yes, i believe the "fall" was a necessary step towards their (and our) eternal progression and ...

<t>Gnostic Christian Bishop;1449590 wrote: If all that is good news, then Eden was our elevation the way Jews understand Eden and not the fall that Christianity made of it. Right?<br/>
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If so, God punished us and the snake unjustly. Right?<br/>
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<t>No. We don't know how long Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden, but we do know that Eve was first to realize that if she was obey the first command to multiply and replenish the earth, she would have to partake of the fruit. "And now, behold, if Adam (or Eve) had not transgressed he would not ...