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gotribe said:
So, let me see if I have this straight. God, who created beings called humans, had to sort of figure out their nature and how they would respond before He could finish decreeing what He wanted. He needed to figure out how His creation was going to act so that He could effectively wrest back control and get what He wanted in the first place?

That's my very amatuerish, layman's understanding of the above quote. I don't think it takes a highly trained theologian to see that this "explanation" weakens God's sovereignty and changes Him from the God of all Creation, who does all things according to the mere pleasure of His will and to the praise of His Glory to a "higher being" who learns by observation how to get what he wants.

Keep in mind Kim I'm just a layman myself with no formal training so I appreciate the viewpoint. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/BigThumbUp.gif" alt="" />

Peter

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. Augustine of Hippo