It seems to me that every bad thing that has happened, that is happening, and will happen can be traced to this one statement: "you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.". When the first beings believed this statement, and ate the forbidden fruit, a change took place as we (from that point on) have been trying to elevate ourselves to a God like status. Even today, all across our planet, everything can be linked to someone or some group trying to gain power to impose their wills on everyone else.
That is what life here on Earth, is now all about and you can see it every everywhere - from politics to churches, from schools to social gatherings. The people who we honor in society are generally those who have successfully done this. Every time we force our will on someone else, we hurt and make the other person a victim. Every crime can be traced to this one thing of someone elevating themselves and forcing what they want on someone else. So instead of us living a live of peace. love, and harmony in a paradise, we have made an urban jungle and this society where most people look to escape from their realities.
So when God gave His commandments, I don't believe that it was because we were now "sinners in the hands of a angry God", but a loving God showing us how bad this belief has made us. I don't believe that God has ever been hurt by our actions, but that we have hurt ourselves and each other. God does not "buddy" around with people like He did in the garden, not because our sin affects Him, but because His Perfection would destroy us.
The true difference between people living in "The Way" and others is not one of us being better than them, but because of what Jesus did on the cross, as caused God to be able to "buddy" with us, through His Spirit"who dwells within those of us who desire to have that intimate relationship with Him.
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