Sin and the Blame Game

[Lek]

A two year old doesn't know the difference between good and evil, but they know that if they disobey their parents they will be punished.  Adam and Eve were aware that they were told not to eat the fruit of that tree and that they would be punished if they did.  As far as I can see, the bible doesn't say that nothing died before Adam ate the fruit of the tree.  I assume that they knew what death was or else why would God warn them about something that they had no way to understand?  Anyway, since most christians believe he was talking about spiritual death, he was probably speaking of a loss of eternal life with him. 

Omniscience doesn't mean that God makes things happen, but rather that he knows what will happen.  He didn't cause Adam to disobey him, but Adam made that decision himself.  Knowing that mankind would choose to turn against him, God already planned to redeem us when he created us.  Why he wanted to do it that way, I don't know.  That's his prerogative.  That's why the bible states that God's plan of salvation was eternal.  I believe that we each have it in us to accept or reject that gift.  His plan was that anyone who wanted to be with him would be and those who didn't would not be.  There was no "setting us up", but rather a basis to allow us to make that choice.