Let's take a different angle at this, shall we? Let's start with the some truisms I think we can all agree upon, yes?
God created everything that exists.
Evil is not a thing and so, therefore, can't be created
Satan is Evil incarnate
God Created Satan
Now, did God create Satan with the intention that he would tempt Adam and Eve? Whether you believe in predestination or not, this is, I believe, an inescapable point. God may not have created evil but he DID create Satan. If Satan were not who he was created to be, Adam and Eve never would have been tempted and thus would never have fallen into sin.
Which begs the following questions: "How can one claim God is a god of love when the very people he created were doomed from the outset to fail BECAUSE of the stumbling block He placed in their paths?" "How can one say God does not tempt when it was His creation (Him knowing full well who and what Satan was because God created him that way) which was the instrument (and God the Architect) of the original temptation?"
Before anyone responds, please consider that the fate of peoples immortal soul is at stake here. This is a VERY serious question and deserves a serious, well thought out, logical and supportable response. Responses like "My God is just too big to fully understand doesn't cut it here."
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