Quote (Bourse @ Apr 1 2020 10:45pm)
I started with the beginning of the beginning, Genesis. Lots of questions came to mind. Let’s start with this
under the assumption that God is all powerful, and can transcend in time, did he know Eve would eat the forbidden fruit? why go through the process if he already knew she would eat it, and then punish us humans?
Also just before the Noah part, God mentions regretting creating humans. God had feelings? And again, why create humans in the first place if he knew they would conduct themselves in an evil way?
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He's all powerful, all knowing, and all seeing. He knew the results of his creation, start to finish, prior to creating it. However, he had to give freedom of choice, no matter how stupid those choices were.
So, to answer the underlying questions:
1. Yes, he knew Eve would eat the fruit, and coerce Adam into eating the fruit.
2. Yes, he knew humanity would devolve into sin, and he'd have to flood the world.
3. Yes, he knew WWI, WWII, the Korean War, Vietnam, and even the Trump Presidency would happen.
4. Yes, he knew you'd make your heathenistic post, and fully intends on smiting you for it.
5. Pineapple DOES belong on pizza.
I hope this clears things up.