Don't tell that to any biblical literalist, they'll most likely want to burn you at the stake.
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Well, yes and no. Why the heck even create the apple and the snake in the >>first place? > > Well, many of us don't really believe this is a part of the Bible that is > telling of a historical event. I personally believe it's an allegory designed > to illustrate man's constant breaking away from God, rather than depiction of > something that actually happened. What we believe is that God gave us free > will, and opportunity to commune with him and he required obedience to his > law, and man made the free choice to disobey the law and break away from God, > and that broken world is the one we continue to live in. So the question > would end up being, why give us free will at all? Because God wants children > that *choose* to obey him, not ones that are merely forced to do so. He > certainly will punish those that fail to obey (such punishment being eternal > separation from him) but he always gives us the choice. > > --- Mary Jo > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306292 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
