This is the part most religious wish they could remove from the bible.
The simple concept is once you are aware of wrong, you are held accountable for that wrong. This is the same underlying concept in eden. Once they had awareness of wrong, they could never return to their original position.
Quote:For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 if they fall away,[a] to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
The simple concept is once you are aware of wrong, you are held accountable for that wrong. This is the same underlying concept in eden. Once they had awareness of wrong, they could never return to their original position.
Quote:26 For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment,
(07-12-2011, 10:39 PM)3DMonkey Wrote: (Also, I'm a little worried that Monica would be mad that burning the weeds wastes a good mealNot sure that green weeds will burn. Dead weeds burn well, and well, they are dead so no matter. Ha.
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