(May 9, 2013 at 4:11 pm)Godschild Wrote:(May 9, 2013 at 3:07 am)smax Wrote: Parents have a duty to protect their children. Being that god exposed his children to his worst enemy (Satan), a being with superior intellect and ruthless cunning, how was god effectively protecting his children?
With one simple commandment.
Yes, because if there's one thing that we (fallible, incomplete creatures that we are) have learned about human nature, it's that saying "don't do this" will always lead to this not being done.
Especially when the people being ordered around have no possible conception that disobedience would be evil!
And hey, I'll ask you directly: why was the tree there to begin with? What purpose did it serve?
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
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