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Old 04-09-2008, 03:21 PM   #33 (permalink)
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First, yes God does know our past, present, and future.
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Even mankind was created perfectly. Part of God creating a perfect man involved God giving him a free will so that he could make his own choices. Without the ability to make choices, man is nothing more than a robot, programmed by someone else. The problem arose when man chose to disobey God's way of living. Man sinned. Sin is simply living in a way that is contrary to God's way.
Abel, how do you reconcile your 2 statements here? It seems to me that they are technically mutually exclusive.

Is this one of those places where god goes "beyond" logic?
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