Maybe some sort of medieval Christian theology says all that, but the Bible itself does say any of it.
The Bible describes God's creation as "good", not "perfect".
So you think that for something to be perfect is for it to not be good? Tell us where, in Genesis 1-2, you imagine you have
a textual basis for saying that all that God had created was
imperfect.
The only ones punished for disobeying God were Adam, Eve, and the snake- not all creation.
Where, in Genesis, did you read that the serpent was
disobeying God? Quote,
from the first three chapters of Genesis, where you think there is (to use your phrase)
a textual basis for saying that God had given the serpent a commandment to obey, and that the serpent, subsequently, disobeyed this commandment; and inform us as to exactly what that commandment was.
And there is no textual basis for saying that death didn't exist before that fruit was eaten.
Tell us what is the textual basis for your claim that death existed before the forbidden fruit was eaten.
The only mention of death in the story is God's threat (repeated by Eve and the snake) that they will die if they eat that fruit.
In other words, you have no textual basis for your claim that death existed before the forbidden fruit was eaten. Thank you.
By "the only mention of death in the story", do you mean the only occurrence of the
word, 'death', in the story?
Which actually implies that "death" was a known concept- otherwise it would have been a meaningless threat.
So, God's revelation to Adam and Eve that they would die (according to
you) could not have been the origin of Adam and Eve's knowing about death? You say that because you're a God-despising, Bible-despising
empiricist. You're a friend of the serpent--not a friend of God.
And, note that you said "implies that
"death" was a known concept"--you did
not say "implies that
"the death of Adam and Eve" was a known concept". Why'd you choose to say the former, and choose to not say the latter? Would you say that,
before God had commanded Adam and Eve to not eat the fruit--and
before He had told them they would surely die--Adam and Eve
already somehow knew that they would surely die? Tell us how (according to your imagination) they learned that they would surely die, before their having been told by God that they would surely die.
Your phrase, "meaningless threat", is another oxymoron. Whatever is a threat is meaningful; whatever is meaningless is not a threat.
I find it curious that the same people who insist on a literal reading of the Creation also insist on a allegorical reading of "The Fall".
Do you insist on a literal reading of the statement, "it was very good", in Genesis 1:31?
The text doesn't say anything about the snake being Satan, or "death" being "spiritual death".
Says the hypocrite who--providing no textual basis for it from Genesis--just told us that the serpent was
disobeying God. Again, where does the text say that the serpent was
disobeying God?
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