All of humanity has to suffer because Adam and Eve disobeyed God? :wth:

[Stuntone]

With a God like this, who needs Satan?

 

[TransJenner]

It was always suppose to happen
God doesn't wanna make robots that love him automatically
He wants you to do it on your own.

 

[1thouwow]

In

 

[Jacaveli The Don]

Why is this in The Booth

 

[SunZoo]

You're gonna have to zoom out a little bit to grasp what all that means...nikkas don't understand the wisdom and metaphor of most of the religious concepts they discuss.

 

[Ghpstface]

It's a metaphor for humans gaining self consciousness and knowledge of mortality

 

[JustCKing]

I hate that it is explained that way, but reading the whole Bible gives you a better understanding of the situation. Basically, they ate something that they shouldn't have eaten and it seemingly messed up the genetic code and it was passed down through generations. Sin is what was passed down and from that, we get all these disorders and diseases. So, by the New Testament when Jesus is healing people, he is curing sin, which was the root cause for every ailment. That is why in one passage, he says your sins are forgiven and the man was healed.

Basically, sin is far more than just wrong doing, it is a defect/sickness, which is why we ultimately die as a result of it.

 

[JustCKing]

The other aspect of it is that Eve and Adam sacrificed having a direct connection with God for knowledege (not necessarily wisdom), because the two don't really go hand in hand. That's why you have Cain's lineage building cities and becoming musicians while Seth's lineage was more so concerned with building with God.

A person can have knowledge and lack the wisdom to apply that knowledge so that it is used effectively.

 

[Boogie]

It’s God’s plan