>>17950084First, take a step back and realize that Christ is a morning star deity.
The rise, the fall, and the rise.
That is important.
The allegory of the fruit and the knowledge of good and evil mirrors Christ's separation from God, his earthly ministry, and his rebirth.
The Christ is indeed Lucifer. And both are present in the hearts of men.
"At last the supreme maker decreed that this creature to whom he could give nothing wholly his own should have a share in the particular endowments of every other creature. Taking man, therefore, this creature of indeterminate image, I have beset him in the middle of the world and those spoke to him.
>I have given you, oh Adam, no visage, property, or self. No endowment properly your own, in order that whatever price, whatever form, whatever gifts you may with premeditation select. These same may you have and possess through your own judgement and decision. I have made you a creature neither or heaven, nor of earth. Neither mortal nor immortal. In order that you may, as the free and proud shaper of your own being, fashion yourself in the form YOU may propose. It will be in YOUR power to descend to the brutish forms of life. YOU will be able, through your own judgement and decision, rise again to the superior orders of life and divine.Free will is at the heart of it all. The freedom to pray. The freedom to receive God's grace. And the freedom to not. Abstaining is not evil, but God will not protect the innocent without his grace. They must seek protection from the strong and faithful.
>So if you don't pray to sky Daddy, you go to hell and get raped by demons automatically?No.
You have the choice to opt-out, claiming your own power enough to dominate the world and secure your life.
There is no hell.
>Then why do bad things happen to the innocent?Justice isn't a natural concept. Court and trail are challenges against God.
>Then why do bad things happen to good people?Because life is suffering.
