To be, or not to be perfect

You said:

"I think the answer to your basic question is that God did not create us imperfect; he created us with the ability to disobey if we so chose.”

But first of all, my 7/7/77 had little to do with the fairer sex! I was alluding to the fact that the number 7 is viewed as divine in certain parts of the world :-)

Now let’s look at your sentence above more closely …

“God did not create us imperfect; …”

I’m assuming from this that you would maintain that Adam and Eve (pre-fall) are “perfect” beings?

“… he created us with the ability to disobey if we so chose.”

And Adam and Eve certainly did chose to disobey. But do you see the problem here?

In an earlier post you mentioned that God was “perfect” but unbounded. So He could sin if He chose to, but being “perfect” He does not. If there were some slight flaw in his perfection (making Him an imperfect being) then maybe it would be possible for him to break His own Law and therefore commit a sin against Himself.

The logic is (to me) inescapable;

1. Perfect beings cannot sin.

2. Adam and Eve sinned so therefore could not have been created as “perfect” beings.

Note: By implication, if Adam and Eve had been perfect they would have taken their free will and chose to obey God

This begs the question: why did God, being perfect Himself, create imperfect beings in the first place?

No song: It’s late and my daughter is sleeping.