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Originally Posted by Urban_Legend
look at human nature...the simple fact that you would isolate the "biblical talk" between me and you...why?. All the problems in the world would be solved if we didn't choose to believe lies over truth and if we as humans objectiely analyse ourselves and our behaviour. My take on the garden of Eden is that when the bible says God created man in his own image it mean that we are the same "emotional" beings as God, it's got nothing to do with intellect...we were created in his image being that we feel like God feels...we get sad, happy, depressed, we long for approval and to have relationships with other just like God but fall short because of our human flesh which is made from the "earth or dust"...the test God put before Adam and Eve was his creations ability to "try out" what God longs for the most from us human being which is trust and worship...the fruit never literally contained juices of knowledge of good and evil it was mans ability to test what relationships man would have with God or rather a test of his nature towards God..when Even picked and gave Adam that showed God mans true nature that its his default to choose to go his own way (pride which I think you displayed in isolating this topic) instead of trusting God, which led to the original sin and the bible says God cannot exist alongside sin so he withdrew his presence from them remember that it was a choice and when man listened to Satan's interpretation over God's that how all these other "bad emotions" we're created became we chose to listen to lies over the truth from God. why worry when walking down a dark alley when God says he will always protect you, why choose to listen to that negative voice instead of the truth...it's our human nature and that's why we can't save our self and need a saviour...my point is thing are never as bad as it seems when we on the other side...align yourself or just get knowledge of what the truth says and compare the facts it helps with anxiety and depression.
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I choose to keep the biblical talk between us only as this forum is not meant for spiritual debate and no forum allows for direct debate amongst one belief in order to keep everyone from getting hurt. If you prefer, we can take this talk to pm. I simply am trying to prevent you and I from getting in trouble on this site. I am not being prideful as you suggest, I have had several in depth conversations concerning God, however, God also reminds us that while here on Earth we must also live in accordance with man's law unless it goes in direct defiance of God's law. In this case, man's law (rules of this site) say we are nothing to debate "religious subjects", I was allowing you leeway in the hopes you would not make this heated or attacking. It appears as if you will if I continue to speak on my particular beliefs to you. I believe you have an interesting view of things, and it would have been nice to talk further but I won't risk upsetting either you, myself, or others to do it here. If you want to pm me, we can discuss it further.
I was not and will not go on a personal attack with you based upon your views or anything else. I feel you have done so with me and I am refusing to respond to that. You can decide to pm or not, beyond that, this discussion is through. Take care.