(September 16, 2023 at 3:25 pm)h4ym4n Wrote: But in A&E’s gaining of knowledge was from a poisoned fruit. Because knowledge is deadly.
What makes you think it was poisoned? If it were poisoned they would have died much sooner. Knowledge isn't deadly. That's not the point. The point is that Adam and Eve were created perfect. That is with great potential and innocent. God's rest was the period of time God gave them to fill and subdue the earth and learn, for themselves, that God, as creator and sovereign Lord, had the right to decide for them what was good and what was bad until they could do that for themselves. It's just parenting.
(September 16, 2023 at 3:25 pm)h4ym4n Wrote: So the point of A&E is god wanted robots that worship it
No, the point was God wanted children who could survive, eventually on their own. God wanted us to be as much like him as possible, without being robots. Worship is respect. Earlier I pointed out that the name Israel means to contend, grapple, wrestle with/be preserved by God. That's our objective as children in the environment of sin we've inherited. It's a rough neighborhood, kiddos. Wise up.