[Larry_OHF]

Originally posted by Fljotsdale: Oh, sheesh, Larry! I get so fed up of that old excuse being trotted out all the time. Look - if you tell someone they will die if they eat something, the person EXPECTS to DIE. DROP DOWN DEAD. If you only mean they will fall out of your favour/die spititually (however bad you think that is) then it it is DECEPTION not to tell them so!!! Grrrrrr!!!!! Satan was telling half truths? SO WAS GOD, too! Which, then, was worse?

Fall of Man (Bible Dictionary)

The process by which mankind became mortal on this earth. The event is recorded in Gen.2,3,4. The fall of Adam is one of the most important occurances in the history of man. Before the Fall, Adam and Eve had phicical bodies but no blood. There was no sin, no death, and no children among any of the earthly creations. With the eating of the "forbidden fruit", Adam and Eve became mortal, sin entered, blood formed in their bodies, and death became a part of life. Adam became the first flesh upon the earth, meaning that he and Eve were the first to become mortal. After Adam fell, the whole creation fell and became mortal. Adam's fall brought both physical and spiritual death into the world upon all mankind.
The fall ws no surprise to the Lord. It was a necessary step in the progress of man, and provisions for a Savior had been made even before the fall had occured. Jesus Christ came to atone for the fall of Adam and also for man's individual sins.



This quote is not just what I believe, but what is supported by 11 million members world-wide in our church.




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Father of the wicked but cute child known as MaryBeth

Padre de una niña bien traviosa pero guapa
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Aisukuríimu ga tabetái desu.