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Did something good come from something bad?
It seems that the source of human conscience, our innate ability to know right from wrong, came from the Fall of humanity in Genesis chapter three.
Was the result of eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, our human conscience, that gives us the ability to know right from wrong?
Is our ability to know right from wrong the result of sinful disobedience to God?
I've been puzzling about this. Any ideas?
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Here's the scripture that makes me puzzle about this.
Romans 2:14-15
(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
It seems that the source of human conscience, our innate ability to know right from wrong, came from the Fall of humanity in Genesis chapter three.
Was the result of eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, our human conscience, that gives us the ability to know right from wrong?
Is our ability to know right from wrong the result of sinful disobedience to God?
I've been puzzling about this. Any ideas?
--- EDIT ---
Here's the scripture that makes me puzzle about this.
Romans 2:14-15
(Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. 15 They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.)
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