It all boils down to the Christians free will argument. As in real life we are all responsible for our own actions. The Christian spin on this fact is that God from the beginning of our "creation" gave us the choice to do good or evil. He places man in a garden and does exactly what no normal person with an understanding of psychology would do. He places a tree in the garden and prohibits man from partaking of the fruits of that tree. The seed of curiosity has already been planted and then to add fuel to the fire he allows a tempter in the form of a serpent to stimulate that curiosity and cause man to fall.
If there is one thing I have learned about the biblical God it's that he loves to play stupid games that bring into question his so called omniscience. When he freed the Hebrews from Egypt instead of taking them directly to the promised land he has them wander in the desert for 40 years to try and test them. Why the need to test and try his creation if he already knows what the outcome is going to be?
@solarwave the supposed death of Christ serves as a propitiation for the sins of mankind. In the O.T. this was done through the use of a scapegoat, usually an animal to whom you could ritualistically transfer your sins to that animal. Then the animal would be sacrificed and your sins would be forgiven. But these sacrifices had to be done over and over again since they did not fully wipe away your sin but rather cover your sins in the sight of God. This was a type of the ultimate sacrifice of Christ. His death washed away all sin and reconciles you with God once and for all through faith in him.
Romans 3:23-26
23.For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24.Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25.Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26.To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
If there is one thing I have learned about the biblical God it's that he loves to play stupid games that bring into question his so called omniscience. When he freed the Hebrews from Egypt instead of taking them directly to the promised land he has them wander in the desert for 40 years to try and test them. Why the need to test and try his creation if he already knows what the outcome is going to be?
@solarwave the supposed death of Christ serves as a propitiation for the sins of mankind. In the O.T. this was done through the use of a scapegoat, usually an animal to whom you could ritualistically transfer your sins to that animal. Then the animal would be sacrificed and your sins would be forgiven. But these sacrifices had to be done over and over again since they did not fully wipe away your sin but rather cover your sins in the sight of God. This was a type of the ultimate sacrifice of Christ. His death washed away all sin and reconciles you with God once and for all through faith in him.
Romans 3:23-26
23.For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24.Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25.Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26.To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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