"It is simply that they are no longer able to tell right from wrong. They are no longer able to distinguish between good and evil."
Satan is crafty and knows the greatest temtation is in man's pride. His greatest lie and temptation in the garden was that man could be like God and decide for himself what was right and wrong.
"For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Agree completely. In my brief study it seems like every significant evil of the world: fascism, socialism, communism, Islamism is the result of man thinking they are God. When you see this happen, turn and run as fast as you can ...
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