@KangintheNorth @threadreaderapp @Thomas_Banacek @MartinTweats @monta2__ I apologize for so many words! I was seeking to thoroughly answer the deeper question that you seemed to be asking. That was a mistake; I ought to have asked 1st if that was your question.
The similarity to gish-gallop was superficial. Long posts aren't necessarily g.gallop. 1/2
@KangintheNorth @threadreaderapp @Thomas_Banacek @MartinTweats @monta2__ However, reading your repeat of the question, it appears that I was on target. I DID actually answer your question--using too many words, I acknowledge. I can't spend any more time on this, so I encourage you to go back and at least skim the unroll. Have a nice day! 1/2
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@KangintheNorth @Thomas_Banacek @MartinTweats @monta2__ Think I know the question you're getting at, & it's a juicy one. How could "very good" beings sin?
Spent about 18 months pondering this, so I prob won't explain it convincingly in a few posts 😆 Bear with me, this is profound.
I noticed a few things. I'll also unroll this: 1/19
@KangintheNorth @Thomas_Banacek @MartinTweats @monta2__ * In Gen 2:17, it's called "The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil."
I've heard many pastors speak about the evil they would come to know in eating of it, but I've never heard anyone speak of the GOOD they'd come to know. 2/19
@KangintheNorth @Thomas_Banacek @MartinTweats @monta2__ They would come to know the goodness of God in sending a Savior. Couldn't have known that had they never sinned.
It's like asking a fish, "How's the water?" "What's water?" 3/19