Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agoIf the judeo-christian god is omni-powerful why would he instruct Adam and Eve not to eat the apple?message-squaremessage-square148linkfedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down110
arrow-up182arrow-down1message-squareIf the judeo-christian god is omni-powerful why would he instruct Adam and Eve not to eat the apple?Daftydux@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square148linkfedilink
minus-squarefizzle@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·11 days agoAs in all theological questions, it really requires faith. If you have faith then you don’t need to worry about the details. If you don’t have faith then none of it makes any sense.
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 days agoFaith comes up with answers and then tries to explain those answers. Faith changes reasons as necessary to keep the believed ideas believed. Science tries to explain observations and confirm theories. Science updates beliefs based on new information. Faith will always be wrong, behind the times, out of date. Science is constantly improving.
As in all theological questions, it really requires faith.
If you have faith then you don’t need to worry about the details.
If you don’t have faith then none of it makes any sense.
Faith comes up with answers and then tries to explain those answers. Faith changes reasons as necessary to keep the believed ideas believed.
Science tries to explain observations and confirm theories. Science updates beliefs based on new information.
Faith will always be wrong, behind the times, out of date. Science is constantly improving.