Originally Posted by
Chaos
He wouldn't be breaking his own rules by not providing them w/ the tree. If they knew nothing about the tree then they would not have the desire to eat the apple. If God is supposedly so loving, he would have never provided the very method for our own downfall.
Besides, Adam and Eve were perfect, right? It is my understanding that God made them sinless. Now, Jesus was also sinless, so whenever Satan tempted him, he was able to resist temptation. Since Adam and Eve were also sinless, how could they not also resist the temptation?
I thought God was infinitely powerful? He could always make another way. He is God after all. He can make up whatever rules he wants and change them at any given time. He shouldn't have to play by his own rules b/c since he can create them, he can also abolish them. Jesus wouldn't have to be the only way if God was really infinitely powerful. God could just as easily say that every person on this planet has free access to heaven w/ no strings attached. He is God, right? He can let in anyone he wants. [/b]