Aasimar
Atheist
Heya, more entertainment brought to you by the Agnostic ever questioning mind of Aasimar. I'm gonna have to make some assumptions in here. I assume the Adam and Eve story was true (That's one that's kinda hard to see as non-literal, IMO. Of course, I haven't tried all that hard, since I don't believe.) So God created man and woman in his own image and likeness, and they were without knowledge of good and evil if I remember right, which I may be wrong. God puts them in paradise and says, don't eat from that tree. So Eve grabs it and chomps down, gives adam one, he chomps down, or something like that, they ate the fruit of the tree of life. God says, you disobeyed me, now you get this terrible punishment. He makes them live like we do now, you will have to grow and find your own food, and you will die and return to the dust from whence you came, etc. etc. Here's the part I don't understand. If god created man without knowledge of good and evil, how did we know disobeying him was evil? That's a pretty weak question I know, but if the answer is we did have knowledge and we chose evil, disobedience to god's will was evil, doesn't that just seem like slavery to you? I don't know, it just kinda seems to me like putting a little kid in a room with 1000000 toys, everything he could want to play with, but don't play with the tonka truck in the middle of the room. Of course the kid is gonna play with the tonka truck, he doesn't know any better and you drew his attention too it.
On a completely seperate note, can any catholics (I'm fairly certain catholics have a lot more information about angels, I never really heard much as a protestant.) tell me if god gave angels free will or not? Because I don't get the whole Lucifer thing at all. How does an omnipotent being have a non-omnipotent rival? I mean, god kills people sometimes for sinning, but he doesn't take out Lucifer, the sinner of all sinners? It's just a confusing topic. It's not like there could be 2 omnipotent beings, kinda destroys the point of being omnipotent. Thanks
On a completely seperate note, can any catholics (I'm fairly certain catholics have a lot more information about angels, I never really heard much as a protestant.) tell me if god gave angels free will or not? Because I don't get the whole Lucifer thing at all. How does an omnipotent being have a non-omnipotent rival? I mean, god kills people sometimes for sinning, but he doesn't take out Lucifer, the sinner of all sinners? It's just a confusing topic. It's not like there could be 2 omnipotent beings, kinda destroys the point of being omnipotent. Thanks