Theists: Is rape or conception through rape part of God's plan?

The devil definitely didn't tempt them to eat from the Tree of Life coz he didn't want man to become immortal. The Devil did not tempt Adam and Eve to eat of the Tree of Life because it was not prohibited. They would not have sinned if they had eaten of it.

Only the Tree of Knowledge was forbidden. It was there as a way of continuing life for them in the garden. God was offering them a paradise on earth and the means by which they could continue to live forever.

Hen they ate of the Tree of Knowledge they did so because they were tempted by the devil. Eve was deceived into thinking she was doing some wonderful thing. Very likely, they had not yet gotten to the Tree of Life because they had not been in the garden very long.

For four main rivers to flow out of it (Genesis 2:10-14), it must have been a huge garden. They were allowed to explore at their own leisure. As with children (with which they compare in their innocence), it was not the tree that was allowed that was tempting; it was the tree that was prohibited.

I do not think it was dangerous for them to have the Tree of Life available to them before they had sinned. It was there for their using. I think most people assume that one bite of the fruit from the tree of life would have given them eternal life without another taste.

I am not so sure. I think it might have required periodic returns to the fruit in order to continue to live forever. The tree of life in the New Jerusalem has leaves "for the healing of the nations" (Revelation 22:2).

I picture the body beginning to wear out a bit as things do in the natural world and then a trip to the tree of life would bring the person back to their original health. However, in contrast with modern medicine, the tree of life would continue to work over and over again forever in the life of everyone who came to it. It would not keep them from aging in any way, but would bring them back to a perfect state of health and youth every time it was used.

I guess the trees exist till today. God banished them from the garden so that they cud not reach the tree of life.

Your second hypothesis is absolutely correct friend. Eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was symbolic of deciding for ourselves what is right and wrong. Eating of the tree of life would have been a choice to rely on God to tell us what is right and wrong.

This was the separation from God, we chose the former. Notice in Revelation ch. 22 that there are more trees of life.

The tree of life is Jesus Christ, it is God. Thanks for sharing, excellent observation!

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.