Harshly punished? They rejected Almighty God and His perfect plan for their lives. They knew not to eat of the tree and yet they did. They chose their own way over God's way. The tree didn't kill them, their shame and guilt did! When they chose to eat of the tree, they sinned against God. Rather than even ask forgiveness, they began blaming each other and the serpent. They covered themselves with makeshift clothing rather than turn to God, the Provider, for clothing.
We have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. We all have "fruit juice" on our hands. We have all chosen our own way rather than God's perfect plan for our lives. We are not harshly punished - we are suffering the consequences of bad choices. The wonderful and awesome love of God is that He has forgiven us, chosen a better way for us, and sacrificed Himself for us that we might have life and life more abundantly! God is awesome and merciful, full of grace and glory, holy and soveriegn. Does this require "deconversion" or humility before the Creator of the universe?
Do you know know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the Everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth! Isaiah 40:28
Jim Eisele <jeisele@starpower.net> wrote:
There is one obvious way to dispel Genesis as myth. Adam & Eve were
harshly punished for their actions when they had no knowledge of good or
evil. You can rationalize all you want. But it's high time to accept Genesis
as myth, no matter the consequences. If you value truth, that is. Since
this is a public forum, I'll assume that this has something to do with the
truth. There are plenty of resources on the web to aid deconversion.
Jim
Sheila McGinty Wilson
sheila-wilson@sbcglobal.net
Received on Mon Dec 15 09:37:01 2003
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