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prophet said:Or an alternative is that God granted a free-will, so that He could actually be loved by someone who could have chosen not to.The Rogue Tomato said:ItinerantPreacher said:Someone who originates, causes, or initiates something.
Yes.
The alternative is that God is not all-knowing or sovereign. In fact, the alternative is that God is a moron.
Anishinaabe
Let's assume that what you say is true.
God:
I think I'll plant a tree with delicious looking fruit in the garden with the humans and then tell them not to eat the fruit. Then I'll let the father of lies into the garden to deceive them.
Oh My Self! They ate it!!! I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you! I never saw that coming!
So is God the author of sin, or not? I say yes. It all went according to plan. They ate of their own will, but they were still fulfilling the will of God.
And it was a GOOD plan. It was the only way the objects of his mercy could really get to know God's power, righteousness, wrath, mercy, etc. He wants us to truly know him.