You are right Dark, here is what you said:
(knowledge of good and evil)“emerged over thousands of years of human behavior”...
and you said you, “...never once said anything about apes or apedom.”
Now it sounds like you are implying humans are not from apes? Do you believe in evolution? Or are you saying this emergence of good and evil is a really modern emergence long after we dwelled in caves?
Please explain. What time frame did humans gain this knowledge of good and evil?
There is no rational discussion on this point when you cannot prove your point. You have no text or data whatsoever that can come close to explaining why only a single species on the planet has the knowledge of good and evil. It is all your theory or a complacency to accept any glossy losely termed ‘explanation’ as long as its under the evolutionary umbrella.
I can tell you and show you good and evil exist. I can show you what the Bible says about its origins. I can tell you only humankind possesses knowledge of good and evil. And I can tell you that if you think we are merely a modern segment in a long chain of animal evolution, we would NOT have magically “emerged” at any point in time....with any form of a moral code. If so, prove it well beyond your words here: “emerged over thousands of years of human behavior”...
I do believe in evolution, or something like it. I just don't think it has anything to do with this discussion.
What time frame did humans gain this knowledge of good and evil?
I have no idea.
There is no rational discussion on this point when you cannot prove your point.
Which point?
You have no text or data whatsoever that can come close to explaining why only a single species on the planet has the knowledge of good and evil.
The same reason why only a single species on the planet has the knowledge of the automobile.
And you have only one text and no data outside that single text that "proves" your belief in god, which is the same as no proof--but of course, you have faith, which is the opposite of proof. So you are asking me for proof, yet you don't believe in the need for proof in your own belief. Apples and oranges.
It is all your theory or a complacency to accept any glossy losely termed ‘explanation’ as long as its under the evolutionary umbrella.
You assume I think I know where the world came from and have all the answers. I don't. Neither do you. The difference is, I admit it.
I can tell you and show you good and evil exist.
So can I.
I can show you what the Bible says about its origins.
Meaningless. You point to a book as your authority, yet I don't recognize that single book's authority, so it means nothing to me.
I can tell you only humankind possesses knowledge of good and evil.
When did I claim other animals had such knowledge?
And I can tell you that if you think we are merely a modern segment in a long chain of animal evolution, we would NOT have magically “emerged” at any point in time....with any form of a moral code.
Of course you can tell me that. You can assert anything. You have not a shred of evidence outside of one religious book to back up your interpretation, though. And since I don't believe in the validity of that text as a holy book, it's meaningless to me. You can assert all you like and it wouldn't convince me of a thing.
If so, prove it well beyond your words here: “emerged over thousands of years of human behavior”...
I could fill a library with books proving my point. All you have is one book asserting yours.