Spiritual bipolar nature of fallen mankind (an evil pole and a good Pole)

[davidgeminden]

[Sparko]

I think there is a struggle between good and evil in men. We are created by God to be his servants and to want to do good, yet because of our fallen nature, we have an urge to sin too. It is like an addiction.

but the reason Adam was fallen was not because of the knowledge of good and evil, but because he chose to disobey God. Once he made that decision he was fallen and he then knew (experientially) what good and evil were. He had lost his innocence. But the falling was the act of disobedience.


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[37818]

God is the infinite good.

The knowledge of evil is only a detriment to the finite good.

[Christianbookworm]

There's a big difference between informational knowledge about evil and an experiential knowledge of evil.

[davidgeminden]

[Christianbookworm]

God told them to not eat the fruit as a test of character. They failed the test and lost their innocence.

[Jedidiah]

It is not only the knowledge of good and evil that makes one condemned. It is the application of it and the inability of man to step away from evil.

[Catholicity]

uuhhhhh.....no.....We are created in God's image but with the stain of sin. Our appearance is good but we have a gearing to a sinful nature. When we are saved the stain is washed clean. While we have the ability to sin, Christians work out their salvation with fear and trembling and the desire to do good. There is no "two natures" about it. We are forgiven, we still mess up but we have this thing called going to the Lord and those we have trespassed against. While we are spiritually redeemed, our body is still that of a non ressurrected person. When we die at the final judgement our Body and Soul will match. Clean, pure and eternal. There is nothing bipolar, and I hate your use of that word. Bipolar is a mental illness.