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Originally Posted by ExChurchKid
Thanks for the perspective. Why is doubting God bad? Or why was it bad, in Eden?
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I am thinking about the answer here....First offerening...
We were created to be in relationship with God. When we don't trust /doubt to the point of deciding against/ rebel against that 'person' for no good reason, someone we are in a loving relationship with, we destroy the foundation of that relationship. We cannot have an intimate relationship with someone we don't trust. We have voted to trust instead, in this case, God's enemy. They betrayed God and the foundation of trust He provided them.
That's one thought.
My other thought is, according to the Christian beleif, God is the source of all that's good. Satan is the deceiver, he kills, steals, destroys, and is the manifestation of evil. They aren't just two different people, absolutes are at stake. To bail on one and sign up with the other, is a significant choice. God warned them the consequence of taking that action would be that death would enter their world. They disregarded the seriousness of it, took the risk that God was lying. This betrayal was over something important, not trivial.
The last thought I have is, the temptation to greatness that the serpent offered. 'You will elevate yourselves to equality with God of you 'outsmart' Him and act against His counsel'. It was the offer of glory or greed to become greater than God made them that ensnared them to lust for this power and status. To resource themselves outside of His knowledge or provision to get there. (The question I have with this one is, if they were made perfect then why would an offer that uses the hook of pride and vanity even work on them? I don't know, except that freedom of choice exists in us, to even choose pride and vanity. Maybe Trapped or someone else here can provide some insight on this part) .
Certainly it was an unfriendly, perhaps hostile act, to one who had provided lovingly, everything they could ever want or need, in an utopian environment. It was a betrayal of the love He bestowed apon them, so it mattered. And it instantly changed them into liars, blame-shifters and deceivers themselves. No longer trusting they became untrustworthy, This was the fruit.
Then the other vices rode in.
Thats my general understanding of it. Hope it is interesting to you.
I am happy to explore these questions without requiring you or anyone else to agree or disagree. We each have the freedom and responsibility to work it all out for ourselves, at out own pace, and to our own conclusions.