Women's Role

Evangelical · 07-21-2017, 03:49 PM

I have already explained my use of the term "original plan" that I spoke from our perspective in time, and clarified my statement here:

It all sounds very much like an afterthought from our perspective. Of course God being all-knowing , had a plan all along.

I did not mean the term "original" to mean from the start of eternity.

This seems to have been understood by countmeworthy.

There are other matters in which we may say were not in God's original plan but of course were in His plan all along. For example eating animals and sin were not in God's original plan.

Some took issue with my statement that "God realized" man needed a woman.

This idea of "God realizing" is found in popular Christian literature.

In the book "Party of Two: Lessons for Staying in Step in Dating, Marriage, and Family Life By Beverly LaHaye, Tim LaHaye, page 75" it says:

"Soon after this great creative miracle, God realized "it was not good for man to be alone" "

The Creation account of Genesis does not sound like a God who had it all figured out beforehand.

These are really matters touching God's sovereignty and foreknowledge.

There are related questions around sin and the fall of man, whether this was planned all along for mankind to sin, or whether God expected mankind to resist Satan's temptation in the Garden.

Another Creation fact that points to God's "afterthought" concerning woman is that woman was not created from dust originally as a new species like Adam and the animals but was created as a version of man, being taken out of Adam's side.

07-21-2017, 03:49 PM	#11
Evangelical Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 3,965	Re: Women's Role I have already explained my use of the term "original plan" that I spoke from our perspective in time, and clarified my statement here: It all sounds very much like an afterthought from our perspective. Of course God being all-knowing , had a plan all along. I did not mean the term "original" to mean from the start of eternity. This seems to have been understood by countmeworthy. There are other matters in which we may say were not in God's original plan but of course were in His plan all along. For example eating animals and sin were not in God's original plan. Some took issue with my statement that "God realized" man needed a woman. This idea of "God realizing" is found in popular Christian literature. In the book "Party of Two: Lessons for Staying in Step in Dating, Marriage, and Family Life By Beverly LaHaye, Tim LaHaye, page 75" it says: "Soon after this great creative miracle, God realized "it was not good for man to be alone" " The Creation account of Genesis does not sound like a God who had it all figured out beforehand. These are really matters touching God's sovereignty and foreknowledge. There are related questions around sin and the fall of man, whether this was planned all along for mankind to sin, or whether God expected mankind to resist Satan's temptation in the Garden. Another Creation fact that points to God's "afterthought" concerning woman is that woman was not created from dust originally as a new species like Adam and the animals but was created as a version of man, being taken out of Adam's side.