Then what was to be gained from partaking in the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil?
If they knew what was wrong … the primordial couple didn’t NEED the tree …
The serpent told them that if they ate of the Tree they would be like God, that is they would be equal to God, which is the goal of pagan religions like Scientism.
Natural Selection includes EVERYTHING in the Environment
@gbrooks9, when you need to make a citation you do not, and when you don’t need to quote others you do. Here you make a blanket statement, which is totally unsubstantiated. Please give me at least one source, so we can discuss it.
Natural selection is based on symbiosis, which is living together, not competing for resources. E. O. Wilson disagrees with Dawkins and so do I. If you and Bethany want to go with Dawkins’ wrongheaded views, you are free to do so, but please give me some evidence.