That's totally absurd. Is this god of yours not omnipotent? Is its hand being forced by something greater than itself. It is totally unjust to punish children for the crimes of their parents - let alone an entire world (as some would have us believe).
As a matter of fact, the scriptures don't declare God to be omnipotent or in control. That would be tradition. Did you read where I said God relinquished dominion over this world to Adam and Eve? Blame them for the problems. They are the ones who screwed things up for everybody else. God's original plan was for people to live in paradise. Even after man used his free will to screw things up, God went to work on plan "B" which begins at Genesis 3:15. The rest of the story is all about that, and it's as coherent and logical as coherence and logic ever gets. If you don't see that it's because you choose not to see it. I guess in your world you would force everybody to conform to what you think would be right. Sorry, God's not like that.
How many kids think it's fun to disobey before they really understand that it's wrong?
As I said before, you could tie them to the bed so they won't ever disobey. I'm not sure how loving that would be, but that's what people seem to want from God.
Adam and Eve are supposed to have been innocent and not know good from evil, so how can they be blamed, when they were given conflicting information (from god and their friendly neighbourhood talking reptile, that, incidentally, god had created and put there)?
God didn't give them conflicting information. He was as plain as could be. "if you eat you will die." Just because they chose to believe some conflicting information from someone else doesn't indict God. I guess it's hard for people to accept responsibility for their own actions. They always want to blame someone else, then and now.
Like man, God gave all the angels free will. Some chose to rebel. Surely you must see that free will is love.
Ever heard the phrase, "He's a real snake in the grass?" Is the guy an actual snake? Of course not. It's what we call a figure of speech, in particular, a metaphor. We all know what that means in normal speech, but when it comes to the Bible we loose all sense of logic and go off the deep edge. The Bible uses figures of speech the same way we do. Figures of speech are precise grammatical tools used to emphasize something. Figures of speech is a study in itself.
Are you sure you read the Bible? It doesn't seem like you did, but If you did, it doesn't appear that you took the time to read it carefully. You seem to have some pretty basic concepts mixed up in your mind. I'm thinking that most of your ideas are from tradition and not from the scriptures themselves. Anyway, tradition seems to form the core of all your arguments. You know, there is nothing wrong with admitting you don't know something. Just admit you don't and forget it, or take to time to learn about it.
