Firstly, God did not break His rules. That would be incompatible with His nature. We, however, did. He then provided for us because of our sin and our inability to provide for ourselves adequately. Secondly, the Scripture is quite plain and specific that death came into the world as a result of Sin. It was not part of God's original plan for us. We blew it, and God provided a way for us to dwell with Him eternally _in spite of_ our sin. I see the point about stepping on an amoeba, but still, the Scripture makes plain that the presence in this world of Death is the direct result of the entry into this world of Sin. And Paul indicates that it was Adam's sin that did it. (As in Adam all die, so in Christ are all made alive.) And that, my brethren, appears to be the way of it. In the OLMN, Dariel the Aged aka Dave Milner ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]