God's knowledge is so much higher than our own, yet let's point out some things here.

It was not to our benefit--to sin. The soul that sins, it will die.

That spiritual union between man and God was broken that day--and they died, being separated from God in a new and terrifying way. "What if this lasts forever? Eve, what can we give God, what knowledge can we gain--?" You see, it's all to no avail.

Unless----

God offered himself, sending a Son, to crush the work of the Evil One with his heel. Painful, of course. But necessary. Only a good God would risk this ahead of time, before any believers truly understood it. Then, God could clothe us with His own Righteousness himself, leading us in the paths of Righteousness. Imagine that. All glory to God for this. Man can do nothing, know nothing, understand nothing, other than to intimately know his God, who has restored him to that fellowship in these ways. Believing in the One whom he has sent always helps. Jesus Christ, the Word, the light of the world, the resurrection and the life. If I believe in him, though I die, yet will I live. And if I live and believe in him, then I will never die.

Do you believe this? I hope that any day you will beleive it--believe him. Live for him, love him, look for him seek him early in the morning, look up to his face forever, become like him, worship him.
If you think this is out of reach for you, read John 1-21, see Jesus living with his disciples, giving them peace, showing them life, then dying, rising, living again, and giving them a vigorous mission. It can all be yours, and you will truly be rich then. John 4.

Same old party line, how I pity those who just don't know anything about reality. The good news is that the deity described by the Israelites never existed; there is not a single tale of the Old Testament which has any more substance to it than the fable about Alice in Wonderland.

Had there been any truth to these reworked tales which the Israelites borrowed from Egyptians, Babylonians, Hittites and others, knowledge would not have been demonstrated by the so called God.

The New Testament fables about Jesus are even less believable. No historical Jesus ever existed which fits the New Testament description. The closest is Appolinus of Tyana, worshipped for a time by some Romans.

You make a grand example of how spirituality went into a recession by people of the earth after the "Church" forced them to follow their doctrine, yes, forced; for saying anything against their cult was tantamount to suicide and millions of people were slaughtered throughout the countries which became Christened for not following their "Jesus.

A person seeking physical resurrection is a materialist; a spiritual person seeks spiritual awareness.

You are not a sinner; there is no excuse for you or anyone else to live less then ethical and moral lives!

Read some other posts I have made and you’ll soon come to the realization you are betting on a dead horse.

Best RG

Behind every excuse lies a failure, to justify a failure only compounds its magnitude.