Did God Create Man Perfect? - Raymond F McNair - December 1975

Raymond F McNair

When God put our first parents here on earth, were they as perfect as God? And if they didn't have God's perfection, in what respect were they imperfect? Also, if God did not make Adam and Eve perfect in character, how did He later intend that they develop that perfect character? Many Christians blindly assume God created Adam and Eve spiritually perfect. They, therefore, can only conclude that God was surprised, and even sorrowful, to discover that the "perfect" humans whom He had just created had sinned. According to this reasoning, God then supposedly scratched His head and began thinking out a way to "repair the damage." This traditional but Satan-inspired doctrine of the "fall" of man actually makes God into an unknowing weakling. What, then, is the truth? What really did happen? - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library