Mark

Dave my man,

Just take a look at Susannah’s comment to see the authority= evil paradigm- in her own view, there was no need for authority in the sinless garden. However authority existed pre-fall and was declared as part of God’s creation as ‘very good’. Now i realise that you (and perhaps others) don’t assume that paradigm, but as i see it, many egal arguments hang onto it.

Cheryl,

I agree that any abuse of authority is God-stripping. However to reject God’s ordained authority is equally horrific. We need to be cautious of both. As with your other comments, i fail to see how ‘confident’ you state your position to be. I’m not overly concerned with re-kindling old arguments on Gen 1-3, i just simply wanted to point out the fallicy of Susannah’s argument. Can you agree therefore, that authority existed in the sinless creation of the garden and that authority is not in and of itself sinful?