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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