If there is a God who made us and we did wrong before His eyes–as George says–at least we did wrong only because we were as God made us, and I do not think that He should set traps. Oh, you should know better than George! Let us not bring all that back into the world again–the angry God, the mean God–the one who does not tell us the rules of the game, and then strikes us when we break them. Let us not bring Him back. George R. Stewart
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Martin Luther King Jr. is speaking of the idea that God has set up a test for us. In his letter from a Birmingham Jail , he is saying that the fallen state of man is not a bad thing. In fact, if we are made in God's image, then being a fallen person is what makes us human.

We have been given free will to do wrong and we do so all the time. However, when we do so God does not smite us dead in a thunderbolt. Instead, he gives us many chances to do right and grow from our mistakes.

Even if we choose to ignore God's grace and continue in our sin, he is still there waiting for us to return to him and learn from our mistakes.

Source: Earth Abides

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