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According to Gen 1:31, the entire cosmos- - all of its forms of life, matter,
and energy - -was created perfect; and that includes toxic hazards like
toadstools, hemlock, rhubarb leaves, seeds containing cyanide, and any
number of other plants and animals unfit for human consumption. Those
things all have their place in the grand design; and without them, the
design is incomplete.
There is a principle called "the balance of nature". Well; without the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil, the garden would have been out of balance.
It belonged there, just as rain forests belong right where they are; and
nature has a way of providing for its own. In other words; though the fruit of
that tree was hazardous to humans, there may have been lots of wildlife in
the garden whose very existence depended on a grove of that particular
tree. We all know that burning rain forests destroys not just the trees; but
entire ecosystems consisting of plants, birds, and animals that exist nowhere
else on earth.
Adam was given fair warning what would happen if he ate from the tree. It
was just as fair a warning as parents give their kids not to poke paper clips
into wall sockets or lean over too close with their face when they pet a
strange dog. Consequences for spurning a parent's instructions in those
cases can be very terrible.
There is an element out and about that would like nothing better than to sue
God for product liability because of that tree; along with a host of other
hazards in the cosmos, thus circumventing their own personal responsibility
and granting them carte blanch to be stupid and take chances. But of course
their wish is futile. God is both judge and jury; so taking Him to court is pretty
much a foregone conclusion; viz: He'd win.
Buen Camino
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According to Gen 1:31, the entire cosmos- - all of its forms of life, matter,
and energy - -was created perfect; and that includes toxic hazards like
toadstools, hemlock, rhubarb leaves, seeds containing cyanide, and any
number of other plants and animals unfit for human consumption. Those
things all have their place in the grand design; and without them, the
design is incomplete.
There is a principle called "the balance of nature". Well; without the tree of
the knowledge of good and evil, the garden would have been out of balance.
It belonged there, just as rain forests belong right where they are; and
nature has a way of providing for its own. In other words; though the fruit of
that tree was hazardous to humans, there may have been lots of wildlife in
the garden whose very existence depended on a grove of that particular
tree. We all know that burning rain forests destroys not just the trees; but
entire ecosystems consisting of plants, birds, and animals that exist nowhere
else on earth.
Adam was given fair warning what would happen if he ate from the tree. It
was just as fair a warning as parents give their kids not to poke paper clips
into wall sockets or lean over too close with their face when they pet a
strange dog. Consequences for spurning a parent's instructions in those
cases can be very terrible.
There is an element out and about that would like nothing better than to sue
God for product liability because of that tree; along with a host of other
hazards in the cosmos, thus circumventing their own personal responsibility
and granting them carte blanch to be stupid and take chances. But of course
their wish is futile. God is both judge and jury; so taking Him to court is pretty
much a foregone conclusion; viz: He'd win.
Buen Camino
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