Am I getting anything wrong here? If so, how?

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God is perfect by definition
He set himself as the standard of perfection
God correlated human consciences to scripture
In scripture God defines himself as perfect

God created humans to be imperfect
God created humans as lesser beings
He could have made perfect free-willed creatures with his omnipotence
God ensured the Fall
Nothing happens that is not part of God’s plan
God created Lucifer knowing he would rebel
o “God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.” –St Augustine

God controls redemption
God does not grant angels redemption
God placed the Tree otKoGaE in the garden even though he did not want A&E to eat the fruit

God ensures humans’ continued imperfection
He allowed the fall to enable man to know his love and glory
After A&E ate the fruit he prevented them from eating the tree of life’s fruit and becoming like him/them
He does not let everyone into heaven; he judges us
He only grants salvation through himself
God keeps humans in conflict
Created limited natural resources
Created life to constantly need energy (name removed by moderator)ut
Banished A&E rather than killing them as promised

God is hypocritical
He kills
He is vain
Many verses
He toys with humans
Hardened hearts of enemy tribes of Israel, pharaoh
 
I don’t think God created people specifically to be a lesser being. Since God is God then nothing can be greater than him therefore anything He creates would automatically be a lesser being.
If the people had free will then they had the ability to choose good or evil. If they did not have the ability to choose good or evil or God created them to always choose good they would not truly have free will. Therefore God could not make humans both all-good and to have free will. Being good would be something the people had to choose on their own.
God did not ensure the fall.
Not everything that happens is part of God’s plan such as sin and evil.
If you read the Genesis story where Adam and Eve eat the fruit you can see that when they eat of the tree of knowledge the tree of life is taken away. This is symbolic of the choice Adam and Eve made with their free will. To eat of the tree of knowledge and experience evil or not eat of the tree of knowledge and live forever in paradise. If Adam and Eve would have eaten from both trees they would be immortal but also live in sin and evil for the rest of their lives.
God allows all into heaven it is people who choose to go against God and would rather live in sin.
God is love and He calls us to love our neighbor as ourselves. Salvation is gained through faith and love, through God.
God does not keep people in conflict in fact many laws in the bible speak about respecting other cultures and people and calls us to love one another.
What limited natural resources? Sure some things like fossil fuels or iron are limited but those are not necessary for us to live. is the sun limited or plants or animals? God provided us with all we need.
God was not talking about physical death but spiritual death when He said Adam would die. This idea of spiritual death is seen throughout the bible.
 
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