Was the fall inevitable or did God expect Adam and all proceeding generations to not sin? Mossrose and Bill the Cat recently corrected me on the latter claim. I was under the impression that God ultimately gave human beings the equipment, and placed them in a sufficient environment, to potentially act perfectly for many generations. I was under the impression that that was the original plan.
If the fall was inevitable--and that seems to be the message given how soon it's described as occurring in the history of human beings (first generation)--then why does God express regret about making human beings? Even those with limited intelligence would have been able to predict that human beings would fall short of perfection (and probably very soon) given their nature (descended from apes).
There's a good discussion about this topic here:
http://christianity.stackexchange.co...man-inevitable
If the fall was inevitable--and that seems to be the message given how soon it's described as occurring in the history of human beings (first generation)--then why does God express regret about making human beings? Even those with limited intelligence would have been able to predict that human beings would fall short of perfection (and probably very soon) given their nature (descended from apes).
There's a good discussion about this topic here:
http://christianity.stackexchange.co...man-inevitable
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