One of the books I am working through right now is titled Lucifer's Flood by Linda Rios Brook. Much of the book is a fantastical description by a fallen angel of the casting out of Lucifer and his followers from heaven and the recreation of Earth. I thought that the narrator's expression of how he felt about God giving Adam the freedom to choose whether or not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
His response is as follows: "The choice to obey or not is far too dangerous to be experimented with. It should be banned from every universe. I could be the poster child for why free will is an eventual disaster for everyone who has it. The ability to defy God is the cause of all my misery. Lucifer decided he could rebel against God. One-third of the angels decided to follow Lucifer. And what did it gain for us? Loss of everything we once held dear -- loss of our home with God; loss of our purpose for being; loss of our high place; nothing but loss with regret, despair, fear, and hatred becoming our destiny. Why does God insist on imposing free will on creatures who cannot possibly use it correctly? He knows what is best for everything He creates. We would be so much better off if he just eliminated the choices."
I will write more on this tomorrow. Grace and peace.
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