| they were created at an inbetween state -- neither immortal nor mortal -- their outcome depended upon their choices. had they never sinned they would have continued in life, but since there was the possibility of death, in that sense they weren't immortal, although they were intended to grow into such a state.
__________________ "Acquire a peaceful spirit and 1000s around you will be saved"--St. Seraphim ”For as it is not yet six thousand years since the first man, who is called Adam, are not those to be ridiculed rather than refuted who try to persuade us of anything regarding a space of time so different from, and contrary to, the ascertained truth?” St. Augustine |