Another Practical Guide to the Logic, Philosophy, and Thoughts of Christianity

Section 1 - Article 3

could be just a matter of days. Nevertheless, the Serpent exploited this

ability of man to choose, to cause man to Fall, and we have all gone

downhill since then. But one thing that is clear was that Adam and Eve were

relatively gullible and clearly not very wise even before the Fall, or else they

would not have taken heed to the Serpent and disobeyed God. The forbidden

fruit did not turn them into sinning monsters bent on sinning and disobeying

God. In fact, the fruit merely gave them the knowledge of good and evil.

And having knowledge makes one accountable. If one does not know the

consequences of their choices, nor what is a good or evil choice, they cannot really be blamed for their naivety. Therefore, the original sin started with

Adam and Eve consuming the fruit because God had told them that if they

did, they would surely die. So in other words, they knew the consequences

of their actions. With the consumption of the forbidden fruit, Man had

continued on their evil choices, as shortly following the expulsion from

Eden, was the first human murder where Cain killed his brother. Man had

become accountable for his own choices. And this sets the scene for the

Enemy's further attack, but also for God's grand plan and ultimate victory.

The Attack Plan

The Devil was the very first being to choose to disobey and rebel

against God (this is clear and separate from existing debates on when Angels

were created). Man's freedom to choose is similar or identical to that of the

angelic beings. On this, Lucifer was punished for his rebellious nature and

became Satan. The Devil's entire plan is to hurt and do as much damage to

God as possible, and he would resort to whatever means possible. It is plain

rebellion. Whatever the Lord likes, the Devil hates. At the same time, the

Devil also knows that given a fight, he would not be able to defeat his

Creator, but rather than submit, he willfully chooses to continue on the

rebellion. Such actions are not unknown to us as fallen beings as well. We

understand this when we see young kids act rebelliously to their parents for

no apparent reason even though they know of the authority of their parents.

If we remember our childhood well enough, I dare say that such rebellious

nature and the plain dislike of being told what to do (despite the teller being

right) is all too familiar. Unfortunately, knowing this makes us closer to the

Devil than to the Lord Jesus. So in pure introspection, let us remember our rebellious nature and think what it would be like to be in rebellion with our

Creator. Our intentions at such fallen times are simply to hurt the person as

much as we can, and often what hurts most is emotional damages since