Why Sista be messin wit the Devil

Tim Strzechowski dedalus204 at comcast.net
Thu Oct 30 23:30:13 CST 2003


>
> Yeah, I think that about covers it.  Except for God's guilt in creating
the
> whole situation and knowing its outcome beforehand, so that he could have
> fun  playing with his toys, humanity, throughout the course of this world.
> After all, why did he let the serpent into the garden in the first place
to
> confuse and seduce Eve?
>
> I blame God.
>

Oh, please.

In Milton:  God's "guilt"??  When?  where?

"Fun" playing with "toys"??  Which edition you reading, man?

Milton's God "lets" the serpent in?!?!

*Foreknowledge* doesn't mean you *caused* something to happen.  You read the
epic poem, just as you read the _Genesis_ account:  you know what's going to
happen . . . but did you *cause* it to happen?

Now apply this to DL et al.

"God" ain't to blame . . .

Tim








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