Thoughts on God
Thoughts on God God’s Gifts and His Teaching God’s first gift was a diverse place to live. God’s second gift was a diverse life. God’s third gift was the ability to survive in diversity. God’s fourth gift was rational thought. God’s fifth gift was free will. God’s sixth gift was the ability to learn. God’s seventh gift shared His wisdom. God began teaching lessons about using His gifts. God’s first lesson teaching is respect for others. The Garden’s lesson teaches the difference between public and private property and the respect for each. The apple is another person’s private property. The free will assault by word (Eve), and deed (Adam) on private property is trespass. The consequences of a person’s trespass are misplaced respect. God’s second lesson expands rational thought to teach community development by acts of respect, restitution, and forgiveness. ...