I'm not a christian, but I grew up in a Baptist household, so I have at least a passing understanding of the Bible. Lemme know if I got any wrong.
If I'm understanding the bible correctly;
God Created heaven and Earth, Including Mankind and Angels
God is all-knowing and all-powerful
Relevant to this discussion, God created Lucifer and all the angels who sided with him.
God made Man in His image, and ordered the angels to serve them.
Lucifer, prideful of his own beauty, and envious of God's (at least perceived) favoritism of Man, and of God's position, started a rebellion in heaven and was/will be cast down into the lake of fire(aka Hell).
lucifer later tempted/took the form of the Serpent in the Garden of Eden and tempted Eve to eat of the Tree of Knowledge.
my conclusion: God, with full knowledge of what lucifer would do/become created him and set him on the path that led to his downfall, and to the Sin of Mankind.
Or to put it more simply; God created Sin through his foreknowledge of what Lucifer would become.
I'm not trying to start a shitstorm here, but this is the logical conclusion that I find myself at.
Any Christian pedes wanna poke holes in this for me?
I will have to look into those books.
BTW, the link above is to the entire audio book Mere Christianity.
sounds like great listening material when I'm working on something.
been a few weeks since my lawn has had some love, lol.
it's very..."healthy"
Same here fren. While I type this my spousal unit is imploring me to get off the damn computer and go mow the grass.
Thank the lord for the invention of the 54'' Zero Turn Cub Cadet!
lol, I'm happy for you, but I made a lil mistake when I bought my last lawnmower😂
Indeed you did! It's kind of strange that among the items listed along with the mower is a gas can.
$16.28 Scepter 1 Gallon Capacity SmartControl Gas Can
SmartControl model. That means you have to be Smart just to figure out how to get the gas out of the can. (I'd like to choke the guy who designed the environmentally friendly nozzle on can's like this.) First thing I do when I buy one is take a hacksaw and drill to it.