[spirited irish]

They seem to believe that since they know more about a small sliver of knowledge that they must know more about everything.

It was not the Tree of Life that tempted Adam and Eve but the Tree of Knowledge. And so from the beginning knowledge apart from God and a humble soul has resulted in self-exaltation. We see this condition all round us today.

[ViLaLuz]

It was not the Tree of Life that tempted Adam and Eve but the Tree of Knowledge. And so from the beginning knowledge apart from God and a humble soul has resulted in self-exaltation. We see this condition all round us today.
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Yup. “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”