Sheshbazzar

Yet according to the text they had no knowledge or understanding of what 'good' and 'evil' was until -after- they ate the fruit, only -then- did they know that they were naked.

An 'all knowing' god with a 'plan' would have known from the beginning exactly what was going to happen, and what did happen had to be part and parcel of His own will and plans for mankind.
With a complete foreknowledge of all the suffering and misery that would follow, He still didn't intervene or put a stop to the serpent's trickery.

There can only be one explanation as why not, That is that it was within His own will, and the carrying out of His own plan.
At the bottom, theologically, it is YHWH alone that is personally responsible for everything that the Bible says has happened.
The serpent, and the satan, are His creations, whom He created with an absolute foreknowledge of exactly what they would do, for the purposes of the accomplishing of HIS will. Adam & Eve were 'set-up' for the FALL by the plan and machinations of a irresistible Divine Will, Not their fault, and not the serpent or the satan's fault, all just doing what they were fashioned to do, so many bit players playing out their lines in YHWH's little drama.

IBelieveInHymn

It's not a lie. I put it into quotation marks because Revelation is refering to Satan as the Old Serpent in the Garden.

I'm sorry if my quotations confused you.

I take the blame for that.

Dark Virtue

It's not confusing, it's misleading. There's a difference.

semiopen

I think they call it not writing anything.

Some have suggested he didn't exist, which, at least, is consistent with lack of literary output.

My own writings are also not very extensive. In my case, this is probably a combination of laziness and lack of things to say.

spamandham

The (Genesis 1:1) scriptures (Daniel 9:2) were (Genesis 2:1) written (Deut. 29:21) by (Job 2:11) Satan (Rev. 20:2).

Well, there you have it folks. The Bible from Genesis through Revelation was written by Satan. There it is as clear as day right there in the Bible.

dog-on

The interesting point is that for a God who requires so much faith in a book, isn't it odd that he had nothing to add, while he could, at least, hold a pencil?

dog-on

and that, my friends IS the mystery that was hidden for long ages past...

IBelieveInHymn

They had knowledge of right from wrong, but not good vs. evil. That is until Satan showed them.

God knew what was going to happen, but he wasn't going to interfer with their choice of freewill. If God interfered, then he would be going against his own word. And that is allowing mankind to make their own decisions.

I guess God wants to teach us a lesson. Make your decisions carefully, or you just may regret it.

I believe God permits evil for a greater Good. Our reward is in Heaven, not Earth.

No, actually, it's the choice making of our ancient fathers, and their freedom of "freewill." God is trying to tell us that Freewill comes with a price.

Yes, God knew since the dawn of creation that The Serpent would trick mankind, but that is the price of freewill. We make good choices, and we make bad choices. The good choice is obeying God and his Word. The bad choice is disobeying God and allowing Satan to fool you.

Deus Ex

Out of the world's population of 6.5 billion people, about 4.5 billion do not believe in your 'dominant' religion.

Within the 2.1 billion Christians worldwide, many of them won't agree with your specific beliefs.

show_no_mercy

Looks like you worship Satan.