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| Aug 28, 2021 at 17:51 | comment | added | rhetorician | I was with you until your last paragraph. Is not disobedience, sin? God told our first parents they were free to eat the fruit from any tree of the garden except for the one tree. God said ". . . you must not eat from [the one tree]." They did, however, and in doing so disobeyed God. I'm surprised you didn't quote Ezekiel Chapter 18, where the prophet said in verses 4 and 20, ". . . the soul that sinneth, it shall die." By the way, I did not downvote your answer. It's a good answer up to the last paragraph. Don | |
| Aug 27, 2021 at 13:47 | comment | added | Matthew | Death is also a mercy. Read Tolkein some time; he has a fascinating take on death that is quite informative and I think likely applicable to the real world. "Today you will be with me in paradise" sounds a lot better than lingering for near-eternity as the Old Creation slowly grinds to a halt. Here, we are separated from God. Unbelievers will be eternally separated from God. This life is, in a sense, a foretaste of that. If we were to live forever in this life, we would, in a sense, be already condemned to Hell. | |
| Aug 27, 2021 at 12:46 | history | answered | John Doe | CC BY-SA 4.0 |