Posted by Martha on May 02, 19104 at 19:23:35:

In Reply to: Why create sin? posted by Lisa on May 01, 19104 at 16:18:25:

Yes, Henry you do pose a good point. Mankind would be doomed if not for God's Son. However, that was part of God's plan. God is clearly omniscient, therefore he knew that mankind was going to fall, so he created a son that would be able to deliver redemption and salvation because he knew people were going to “create sin.” As Lisa stated in her argument “God knew Adam and Eve would disobey (because he’s considered to be omniscient.”) He did this because he knew that he would be able to offer redemption and salvation through his son. This was merely a test, a test that could have destroyed mankind yes, but in the end this is all just a test of temptation. I believe that temptation is probably most at fault for the fall. In a way temptation in itself is the greatest sin of all. “From their own mouths: all is not theirs, it seems. / One fatal tree there stands, of knowledge called, / Forbidding them to taste. Knowledge forbidden? / Suspisious, reasonless. Why should their lord envy them that? Can it be sin to know, / Can it be death? And do they only stand / By ignorance, is that their happy state, / the proof of their obedience and their faith?” (Book IV-- 513-520)

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