Me and a friend of mine were discussing this for a while and i though I should get a few more educated opinions...
The gist of the argument is that:
Did Jesus have the freedom on choice? I say yes in that he was tempted by the devil but chose to reject him and accept his fate. Jesus was pure goodness (free from sin and could not as the son of god act in sin) but still retained free will.
THE PROBLEM!
From how I understand it, God created evil so that humans would have freedom of choice. They could choose to do good or evil and therefore were above animals, rocks, trees and justified having a soul etc, and the whole made in god's image thing...
Now, the issue I have is that if god could create Jesus, with a soul and free will, then why didn't he create humans in that way as well? Why not create humans as his children like Jesus?
ps. I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum, i wasn't sure, I'll repost it if you tell me which one to post it to
The gist of the argument is that:
Did Jesus have the freedom on choice? I say yes in that he was tempted by the devil but chose to reject him and accept his fate. Jesus was pure goodness (free from sin and could not as the son of god act in sin) but still retained free will.
THE PROBLEM!
From how I understand it, God created evil so that humans would have freedom of choice. They could choose to do good or evil and therefore were above animals, rocks, trees and justified having a soul etc, and the whole made in god's image thing...
Now, the issue I have is that if god could create Jesus, with a soul and free will, then why didn't he create humans in that way as well? Why not create humans as his children like Jesus?
ps. I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum, i wasn't sure, I'll repost it if you tell me which one to post it to