dijxtra wrote:I tought we are talking about him punishing us for sins of Adam and Eve. So, is he punishing us for their sin or not?
Why doesn't God remove those genes and attributes? If I was a loving father and a good shepherd, I'd remove those genes right away and there would be end to sinand suffering! But no, he decided he'll just leave it there and punish us when we do what is in our genes and attributes. I'll tell you why he does that: because he doesn't love us. A loving father would do everything for his children to stop suffering.
Uf, some plan he devised there! Instead of removing sin with one move of his finger, he decided to kill his own son (who is also him) in cold blood, and do that AFTER people existed for thousands of years. He decided it is just fine that more than half of people who ever lived on Earth should not hear about his plan. Instead he could just whipe the Devil and sin from face of Earth whenever he wishes. But nooooo, he won't do it. Why? Because he Yahweh is an evil god.
The punishments to the sins of Adam & Eve would have no effect on future generations if the future generations stopped sinning, which never happened & never will due to all of us possessing their nature of sin..
Like I said before we are not robots or animals for God to remove sins & do with us as He pleases. He gave us free will to think like Him. We have to make a choice on our own to accept His grace & mercy and take His help to get forgiveness for them first & then deliverance from them.
So u do think that God has the power to remove whatever with one move of finger. At least u acknowledge that. And u also acknowledge God has the power to destroy the Devil. Considering all that, I must say I don't know exactly why the Devil & sin is still prominent with us & how people were saved before Jesus. God has His own time for all good things & His time is always right since His ways are far above our ways. I can speculate & say that Devil is allowed to do his limited evil he does for a set time so people can look towards God & His goodness by comparison..I can also speculate & say that God spoke out before Jesus to many people like He did to Abraham but only a few people like him, Noah, etc responded to him positively. All I know is I serve (unlike u think) a very Just & loving God who knows it all & is all powerful. I leave it in His hands the rest of all the mysteries which I may not understand until I get to my home in Heaven with Him.