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Monday, April 27, 2009

the facade of choice

so, I was talking with my friend earlier and I had a really hard time explaining some of the things I've been thinking about lately to her. I thought it might be beneficial to try and and write some of this out on here. I think the thing I told that particular person might have to wait because I'm not quite sure if it is beneficial to anyone right now ( I honestly made the mistake of not thinking about whether what I was telling her was beneficial or not when we were talking).

Funny enough, I was talking with a different friend earlier and I said something about liking at least to have a facade of choice when doing things. Kind of like when your mom "asks" you to take out the trash. I was thinking about it earlier and I realized that is a good way to describe something I've been thinking about lately: whether possibility, or the ability to do/think/be "good" or "Evil" exist at all.

Within finite human perception, the ultimatum of "good" and "evil" must always at least appear to exist. I don't think we are really capable of fully thinking about it any other way than this. However, from a "top down view" or God's view of human kind it becomes harder to distinguish . The main focus of this will be Adam and Eve's eating of the tree and the deception of the snake in the garden as well as using the above mentioned "asking" of parents analogy. I guess the real question I'm trying to ask is if it is possible to be outside the will of God (evil) or is evil something else entirely?

I'm not going to be able to do all of this in one post, but this is basically where we are going:

1- True nature of the universe:God as the creator and man as the creation
2- The lie of the Serpent: the facade of choice
3- False nature of the universe: man as the creator and God as the creation
4- Conclusion: Jesus Christ and the restoration of all things.

Not all of this is clear cut, I mean, I'm going to try and include scripture in my thoughts and things because I think it is arrogant and dangerous to rely on intellect alone, and if you have questions or thoughts, or want to point out that I am blatantly wrong and rebuke me you are more than welcome. I am not above reproach. I'll try and get this started tomorrow.

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