tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18229243.post7006718796642898563..comments2023-12-18T07:22:54.250-06:00Comments on Idle musings of a bookseller: The Eden Narrativejpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06017353888045816159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18229243.post-20920681087511107382008-11-26T17:23:00.000-06:002008-11-26T17:23:00.000-06:00You could well be right. "The other side of the fa...You could well be right. "The other side of the fall" is one of thoise areas that I have to leave with God, having as yet no knowledge. I still have problems with the idea of this as an experiment or test...Tim Bulkeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18229243.post-45279496375705991092008-11-26T13:11:00.000-06:002008-11-26T13:11:00.000-06:00Tim,You are reasoning from this side of the fall. ...Tim,<BR/><BR/>You are reasoning from this side of the fall. Before the fall, it was not inevitable that they would choose the wrong way.<BR/><BR/>Jamesjpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06017353888045816159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18229243.post-81894594499249226992008-11-25T12:58:00.000-06:002008-11-25T12:58:00.000-06:00Though it seems to me that as an experiment or tes...Though it seems to me that as an experiment or test it is a little wanting. The creator presumably understands the creature even better than we understand each other. Yet anyone I know given the scenario Genesis paints in 2-3, even without the snake's influence, will predict that they try the forbidden fruit. <BR/><BR/>Either humans have changed for the worse since God's "experiment" or it was Tim Bulkeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289349880110581469noreply@blogger.com