What we do does *not* in *any* way reflect what God would do. The mere fact that we sin proves that we do not do what God does. We cannot base God on what we do. Instead, we have to base God outside of our perceptions of what a living, breathing, talking being should do, and instead think of what *God* is. And since we cannot understand God, we cannot say "Yes, he meant this" or "No, he meant that." I have my own theory, you have yours. We all have different interpretations of the Biblical text in Genesis. I am not saying your view is wrong, yet you are saying you are surely right which, by default, means that I am wrong. I do not pretend to know who God is. I'm making a shot in the dark by even debating this.
And, since this debate seems to be rapidly dissipating into a "I'm going to prove you wrong!" discussion, I think it would be wise if we stopped discussing this for now. Perhaps we can take this up again eventually, but I think we've discussed it enough. We're not going to change each others' opinions, after all.
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Date: 2008-03-24 11:45 pm (UTC)From:You are not God.
I am not God.
Humankind is not God.
What we do does *not* in *any* way reflect what God would do. The mere fact that we sin proves that we do not do what God does. We cannot base God on what we do. Instead, we have to base God outside of our perceptions of what a living, breathing, talking being should do, and instead think of what *God* is. And since we cannot understand God, we cannot say "Yes, he meant this" or "No, he meant that." I have my own theory, you have yours. We all have different interpretations of the Biblical text in Genesis. I am not saying your view is wrong, yet you are saying you are surely right which, by default, means that I am wrong. I do not pretend to know who God is. I'm making a shot in the dark by even debating this.
And, since this debate seems to be rapidly dissipating into a "I'm going to prove you wrong!" discussion, I think it would be wise if we stopped discussing this for now. Perhaps we can take this up again eventually, but I think we've discussed it enough. We're not going to change each others' opinions, after all.