Bible Expert (likely Wesley Huff or a co-host closely involved with Biblical scholarship)

So in one sense, you're more of a piece of shit than you can imagine, but also you're more loved and more— That's awesome. of amazing things that you can imagine. And that's the dichotomy of Christianity is that God does not need to create, right? So God lives in a set of living, loving relationships in the Trinity. He has existed eternally in relationship and in love.

That's what John says in 1 John. God is love.

That's what John says in 1 John. God is love.

That's what John says in 1 John. God is love.

And so God does not need to create in order to experience anything. Creation is an outpouring of his love. Now, this is different than, say, a unitarian monotheistic faith like Islam. In Islam, in one sense, philosophically, God does need to create to experience love because love requires an object and a subject.

And so God does not need to create in order to experience anything. Creation is an outpouring of his love. Now, this is different than, say, a unitarian monotheistic faith like Islam. In Islam, in one sense, philosophically, God does need to create to experience love because love requires an object and a subject.

And so God does not need to create in order to experience anything. Creation is an outpouring of his love. Now, this is different than, say, a unitarian monotheistic faith like Islam. In Islam, in one sense, philosophically, God does need to create to experience love because love requires an object and a subject.

And so in order to feel love, the unitarian God of something like Islam needs the subject. right? And the object in order to feel that. That's not true for Christianity because the Spirit and the Father, the Father has been loving the Son in the power of the Holy Spirit forever.

And so in order to feel love, the unitarian God of something like Islam needs the subject. right? And the object in order to feel that. That's not true for Christianity because the Spirit and the Father, the Father has been loving the Son in the power of the Holy Spirit forever.

And so in order to feel love, the unitarian God of something like Islam needs the subject. right? And the object in order to feel that. That's not true for Christianity because the Spirit and the Father, the Father has been loving the Son in the power of the Holy Spirit forever.

Yet, he chooses to create as an outpouring of his love, knowing full well that the creation will rebel against him because God loves us so much. So if it's only you're a piece of shit, that's a problem. That's a problem theology for, I think, what the Bible actually says. And the piece of shitness... This is a theological term. Of course. I went to seminary.

Yet, he chooses to create as an outpouring of his love, knowing full well that the creation will rebel against him because God loves us so much. So if it's only you're a piece of shit, that's a problem. That's a problem theology for, I think, what the Bible actually says. And the piece of shitness... This is a theological term. Of course. I went to seminary.

Yet, he chooses to create as an outpouring of his love, knowing full well that the creation will rebel against him because God loves us so much. So if it's only you're a piece of shit, that's a problem. That's a problem theology for, I think, what the Bible actually says. And the piece of shitness... This is a theological term. Of course. I went to seminary.

Is that we brought that into the world, right? So when the garden and the fruit, if we want to take that literally, or like we want to do the Jordan Peterson thing, whatever, what we get though is that God knows what's best for our flourishing.

Is that we brought that into the world, right? So when the garden and the fruit, if we want to take that literally, or like we want to do the Jordan Peterson thing, whatever, what we get though is that God knows what's best for our flourishing.

Is that we brought that into the world, right? So when the garden and the fruit, if we want to take that literally, or like we want to do the Jordan Peterson thing, whatever, what we get though is that God knows what's best for our flourishing.

And when it says that you will know the difference between good and evil, it's less of like an intellectual understanding of what good and evil are and more of a choosing the shots on our own terms. I, even though God created me and knows all things, I actually think I know better because And I'm going to eat the fruit because I think that that's better for me. And that's what sin is.

And when it says that you will know the difference between good and evil, it's less of like an intellectual understanding of what good and evil are and more of a choosing the shots on our own terms. I, even though God created me and knows all things, I actually think I know better because And I'm going to eat the fruit because I think that that's better for me. And that's what sin is.

And when it says that you will know the difference between good and evil, it's less of like an intellectual understanding of what good and evil are and more of a choosing the shots on our own terms. I, even though God created me and knows all things, I actually think I know better because And I'm going to eat the fruit because I think that that's better for me. And that's what sin is.

Yeah.