Can God be forced to sin?

An interesting question.

Firstly, do you believe that when a baby is born, the soul of that child is created by God? (where else do new souls come from?)

Secondly, do you believe it is a sin to fornicate, ie. have sex outside of the holy bond of marriage?

If you answer yes to both these, then think about this question - I'm not trying to twist words and meanings, this is just a reasonable conclusion to be drawn from the above two answers:

If a couple have sex outside of marriage, and that results in a pregnancy, then God will create a soul for that new child.
But surely this means that God is actively participating in the sinful act, and effectively giving it His rubber-stamp of Approval by willingly creating a healthy new soul for the healthy new child?

It must be done willingly on God's part, as how could mere mortals force God, the supreme being, to do anything?

This leads us to two possible conlusions - either fornication is not considered to be a sin by God, or it is possible for mere mortals to force God to sin...

Which do you prefer?


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