William and Arnold,

Sorry, but I didn't understand the jokes.

Don't have much time now. But here's one:
Compare with Waggoner's statement:
It doesn't match.

In a couple of months, there should be a new hit single coming out of Lala-land: Tell Me How My Bling Taste (Probably Better Than An Early Vacation In The Arizona Desert).

OK, stop it now. Back to the topic people. Stop tempting me.

It's American basketball. You're better off lacking such knowledge. And with Manu out, the people in the land of silver probably aren't very interested now.

Well, we're waiting senior player and part-time brick layer.

William

Ooohh. You're soooo bad!


OK. Was that temptation from the inside or out? Oh-yeah!

Done. Help the lady out!

William

BTW, good thing you realized they were jokes. We wouldn't want people to think that we at Maritime condone reptiles devouring unsuspecting children (who's about to find out who his daddy is).

Regarding #112101, that doesn't seem like much of a case.

I think she was saying of both Christ and Adam that they had not taint of sin upon their character. Like this:



I agree that sin taints, which has been my point. Sin taints, not nature. She never said we are tainted by having a sinful nature. I went through every reference of hers in this regard, looking specifically for how she used the word "taint" in reference to us (fallen human beings) and not one time did she use the word in any other way than having to do with sin (i.e. committing sin). So you're basing an argument on her using the term for Christ differently than she used it for us, and differently than how her colleagues used it.

I agree, because what I hold is that the "sinful nature" Christ took did not involve the moral/spiritual aspect, which is exactly the character. But I hold we are born, and Adam was created, with a character.

"God made Adam after His own character, pure and upright. There were no corrupt principles in the first Adam, no corrupt propensities or tendencies to evil." {AG 344.3}

"The human race do not stand in the righteousness of character which Adam possessed at his creation." {ST, June 11, 1894 par. 11}

So when Ellen White says,

"The first Adam was created a pure, sinless being, without a taint of sin upon him; he was in the image of God." {13MR 18.1}

I believe she refers to his character. But you don't (or at least you didn't) believe man is born/was created with a character. Could you please clarify?