Re: [asa] Greg Boyd's Theodicy of Natural Evil

> David said: "...the serpent in the Garden does seem to suggest that there is
> rebellion in the creation before the human fall."
>
> I want to be clear about what you mean here. If you mean that this is
> evidence that Satan has fallen (as he was part of creation) then I would
> agree with you that this passage indicates that yes part of creation has
> fallen. But if you mean that all of creation has been tainted, (because he
> takes the form of a snake?) then I would disagree with that interpretation.
>

I think that David was me. Satan, being part of creation, was fallen
before humans were. As George noted, there's very little to go on
Biblically besides that. Ezekiel 28, often invoked as data on Satan's
fall, is actually taunting the king of Tyre using Canaanite mythology.
 Geologically, it's clear that predation occurred as early as the
latest Precambrian, but whether that is an evil is theologically
problematic.

-- 
Dr. David Campbell
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University of Alabama
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