If God hates sin, why would he create humans with a propensity to sin?

[Roger_Dimitrov]

Hi JPM and thanks for your response.

@jpm

I think the bigger problem is if there was not evolution, then God would have created Adam and Eve directly with that tendency, and as he also was responsible for all their training and education, that would make him responsible for their action in a sense.

If there was no Fall, then God is responsible for human nature regardless of whether he created us directly or indirectly through evolution.

@jpm

it was put forth by someone here and I have adopted the idea that self interest and selfish behaviour is something animals do to survive and thrive, and ultimately to evolve.

I agree that our nature has been honed by evolution to help us survive. Without it, we might have long since gone extinct. But an omnipotent creator isnt constrained in the way that he can create humans or the world in general. God created angels who have free will, and yet they don’t have the same dark nature that humans have.

@jpm

It is not sin because they are not moral agents. Once mankind became capable of making moral decisions, those selfish decisions then became sin, where before they were just animal behavior. Perhaps that is when scripture states man was made in God’s image.

The point at which God considered our actions to be sinful isn’t really relevant my original question though. I am more interested in why would God create humans with a propensity to engage in actions which he despises?

Regardless, I dont think Homo Sapiens were the first moral agents on Earth. If one considers that Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens had similar levels of intelligence, and that chimps and humans possess empathy and reciprocity, it seems highly likely that moral agents evolved long before Homo Sapiens