There is an awful lot of scripture to disagree with you. I hope you know that. To get past your simple assertion to proof is a long road.
If Adam chose to sin, uncaused, then God is not omnipotent and the law of cause-and-effect is void, and events come about of their own, uncaused. Chance, Randomness, Chaos and multiple 'first causes' prevail over God the so-called 'creator'. God's just one of many first causes, if Adam chose to sin uncaused.
Interesting ..., that could be true. God could create everything and leave a defect. Like I can construct a car and all the parts be perfect, but not put in "spark plugs". The car won't run properly. By analogy, God could do the same; leave out a part that would cause a defect leading to Adam's sin. Either way the cause of the car of Adam not working well would be me and God respectively IMO.
Sin is sin because God so declares it to be so, not because any conditions. God makes the rules and if the don't seem fair to men, so be it.
Hmmm... seems to be the same thing ..
True, though I don't see how that supports your contention the God is not the "cause of all things".
God caused there to be a choice. God caused man to be a being who makes choices. Where there is an obey, their exists an equal opportunity to disobey. There cannot be a disobey unless there is an obey. There cannot be good unless there is also less than good. There cannot be a front unless there is also a back. An up without a down. Light without darkness. That is cause and effect. The question in my opinion is not who caused Adam to sin but why did God intend for him to sin and make it possible for him to do so?
The road begins with the acknowledgment that there is only One true God and none other but he. All the gods(demons) of the heathen are false gods. Gods which cannot see, hear or speak. Idols and nothing more.
God created Adam as he intended to create him for his purposes and his glory. He created a being who was mortal, could die but didn't have to, and who was not corrupted in any way but was able to be corrupted. He did this in order to conquer an enemy---we really are not all that, the center of attention---God is. The end result is a man and a creation that is immortal and incorruptible. Glory be to God! I know that is what he did and I know that is what he is doing because he says so. Why, and why that way is something you will have to ask him, though if he were going to tell you it would already be in his book.
Sin is anything that falls short of his moral perfection. Adam was created morally perfect.
Well, it isn't. Was it God who handed him the fruit of the forbidden tree? Was it God who deceived Eve?
I am not concerned with implications and suggestions, and analogies, or speculations on what the Bible does not say. Only what it does say.
What does the fact that God is not a man have to do with the principle of God not tempting anyone, in the way you propose here?
Agreed that they are false gods. How does that mean that there are no real demons? Who is talking about superstition? Is, or is not, Satan, (and his minions), involved in attempting to block God's way anyhow he can? Is, or is not, Satan involved in tempting more than just Eve? Most definitely he is.
I think that is "thinking too hard". What was perfect about Adam was, his not-yet-corrupted nature, and perfectly made for God's eventual purpose in creating-mankind-to-begin-with, which necessarily includes Adam's fall, and his ability to fall. This life was never intended for this life.
The syllogism does not follow:
You should try being a naturally left handed person that was forced to be right handed (different sides of the brain dominating the type of thinking) and see what happens! I have arguments with myself sometimes over the same point, different perspectives.
Consider yourself kicked... giggle
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No, God did not hand Adam the fruit and did not deceive Eve. But that is not the point. I can shot a gun that causes the gun powder to propel a metal projectile through someone's heart, thus killing him. So, is it proper for me to say "it was the bullet that killed the guy, not me"? Of course not. God put everything together according to His plan. God is Spirit so you can't see the mechanism's that lead to Adam eating the fruit as we do my bullet through the heart illustration. God created Satan and Satan's desires. Satan couldn't torture Job without God's O.K. and same with Satan and Adam. God creates Adam's desires, set up a situation where Adam will sin according to God's plan, gives Satan instructions which God knows Satan will comply with, said instructions will trigger Adam's God created desires ... and voila, first sin.
Well, you have a problem with that statement.
Something that is true at a particular time remains true for eternity. You are comparing two events as if they were one. The wall is red at 1 pm and the wall is green at 2 pm. Both statements are true and will always be true.
