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Sin brings power of knowledge. To question God's authority is unethical i guess. However if mankind could reason with eachother they'd be powerfuller than God.

Truth is nevencaneezer, you're never a sinner till you lust after the power sin brings. So a newborn baby wouldn't experience such burdens.

Repeating something i heard mate... just as the writers of the new testament had done.

Well, if you're interested in actually being educated about what you say, you could try Wikipedia. It's a fair and broad analysis of the dates. You'll find them significantly more accurate and recent than your "what I heard" dating method. Or you could keep on repeating the error and blindly accept what someone else said. Your choice.

I could accept how the usage of the word 'all' has been explained in your post pertaining to that specific verse.

But in Col.1 I can only accept that 'all' as being the absolute all of everything in existance, because the context of Col. 1 is quite specific on accounting the 'all' as the absolute all of everything in existance.

There are obviously two gatherings of reconciliation by God as specified in Col. 1 There is the futuristic gathering of 'all things' in existance being brought into reconciliation....and there is the reconciliation that is being worked even now in the saints.

Col. 1
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.

21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled

As was explained in my last post there are 7 or eight greek words that translate into the word all. But only one of these greek words actually translate literally to mean; all; whole; or completely.
That Greek word is Holos. And holos is translated into the word "all" 49 times in the NT.
And none of these occure in Luke 3 or Col 1:

You can easily check the concordance to verify this.

The majority of scholars and textural critics agree after having read thousands of manuscripts.

Something else that must be taken into account is the fact Paul was writing to a church which he had never visited and was writing them because of his concerns that pagan ideas were creeping into the church. False teachers had taken elements of paganism and Judaism and created a doctrine that claimed Jesus was just an angelic being. This is why Paul emphasized the deity of Christ in Col 1: 15 - 23.

If Paul had meant the word 'all' in the literal english sense of the word he would have used the Greek word holos. Since he did not we can not make the assumptions or claims that you have.

1) individually

a) each, every, any, all, the whole, everyone, all things, everything

2) collectively

a) some of all types

Matthew 3:15
Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill ALL righteousness." Then John consented.

or is this supposed to also mean only a portion of righteousness is being fulfilled???

You wanted to use eons or ages - So does God live for ages??

You do not get to Heaven by your works, it's by the blood Jesus shed

The reason Jesus was sent to earth to die for man...but man was not doing a very good job of showing God his love

Do you believe that when someone dies, they have to be a "Christian" in order to be allowed into Heaven? Just curious as to your thoughts and opinions.

The Devil's Welcoming Speech
Old Nick, played by ROWAN ATKINSON carrying a clipboard, descends stairs amid swirling smoke and screams of anguish. He addresses the audience:

Ah hello! It's nice to see you all here. As the more perceptive of you have probably realised by now, this is Hell, and I am the Devil, good evening, but you can call me Toby, if you like. We try to keep things informal here, as well as infernal. That's just a little joke of mine. I tell it every time.

Now, you're all here for..... Eternity! Ooh, which I hardly need tell you is a heck of a long time, so you'll all get to know each other pretty well by the end.

But for now I'm going to have to split you up in groups.

Will You Stop Screaming!

Thank you.

Now, murderers? Murderers over here, please, thank you. Looters and Pillagers over there. Thieves, if you could join them, and Lawyers, you're in that lot too.

Fornicators - if you could step forward? My God, there are a lot of you! Could I split you up into Adulterers and the rest? Male adulterers, if you could just form a line in front of that small Guillotine in the corner.

Em... The French, are you here? If you would just like to come down here with the Germans. I'm sure you'll have plenty to talk about.

Okay, atheists? Atheists over here please. You must be feeling a right bunch of Nitwits. Never mind.

And finally, Christians. Christians? Ah, yes, I'm sorry but I'm afraid the Jews were right. If you would come down here, that would be really fine.

Okay! Right, well are there any questions? Yes. No, I'm afraid there aren't any toilets. If you read your Bible, you might have seen that it was damnation without relief, so if you did not go before you came, then I'm afraid you're not going to enjoy yourself very much, but then I believe that's the idea.

Okay. Well, it's over to you, Adolf! And I'll catch you all later at the barbecue. Bye!