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Was Earth Created By God To CLEANSE The Universe Of Evil?

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08-08-2004 3:37 AM 		Reply to: Message 3 by almeyda
08-08-2004 2:41 AM

almeyda
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The tree was put in to test man. You cant give man freewill by limiting his choice to do wrong, which he did
Certainly you have back up of this in scripture as shown in these verses.
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Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
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Gen 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
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But then we are left to wonder the purpose of that other tree as God states here.
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Gen 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
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First of all we are told that Adam may eat of any tree of the garden except for the tree of the knowlegde of good and evil.ANY tree EXCEPT one.That said why then was there a tree of life in the garden? The tree of life was not a restricted tree.And if we go with the idea that since they now knew the good and evil they could not be allowed to partake of the tree of life that would indicate that God DID NOT know what would happen.There is no sense in making a tree that you know the fruit of can never be consumed.
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08-08-2004 1:12 PM 		Reply to: Message 3 by almeyda
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08-08-2004 1:13 PM 		Reply to: Message 3 by almeyda
08-08-2004 2:41 AM

almeyda
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You cant give man freewill by limiting his choice to do wrong, which he did.
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You cannot accuse Adam and Eve of exercising choice{and therefore freewill} when they had no knowledge of right and wrong until they ate of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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