Did Adam and eve really have a choice?

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God is infallible. He never makes a mistake.

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I thought that the reason God murdered every living thing in The Flood was because He wasn't pleased with what He had created (except for Noah and his family), and he needed to start all over again.

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What would you have him do. Create automatons?

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How do you know God hasn't created automatons who only believe they have free will?

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The article demonstrates why it's called Quantum theory, not Quantum fact...

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There's also Gravitational Theory.Do you disagree that there is a force called "gravity" that can also be demonstrated to be a fact as?

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A Christian starts out trying to show the human need for a Savior and soon encounters all these objections to God's allowing sin at all instead of gratitude that a way out is offered. It's a strange conversation. I think I will try to avoid it in future.

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If one follows your viewpoint back to it's logical conclusion, that is where it leads.If your portrayal of God is correct, then god isn't some big hero for "offering a way out", because he put us in this terrible situation Himself, on purpose, knowing it would cause us immense suffering.God needlessly set up humanity to fail, like rats in a science experiments.

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I should think that not many are readily able to accept the possibility that God isn't benevolent

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I don't see why not.That was the view of God that the Early Hebrews had.

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Murder is unrighteous killing. God is righteous thus he can't murder.

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But I have exactly the same knowledge of good and evil as God, so I have used that ability (which is the same as God's) to judge His actions.Therefore, the fact that he killed EVERYTHING on the planet, even the babies in their mothers' wombs, even the animals, even the plants, for goodness sake, leads me to the opinion that the Flood was not a rightous act.It was incredibly cruel and rather sadistic.And God clearly calls it a mistake that he made humans, althogh why he also had to destroy all the animals and the plants too, which seemed to not have done anything wrong, I really don't get. Wy does God need to repent if he hasn't made a mistake?

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Because it doesn't fit.

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That is exactly what an automaton that only thinks they have free will would believe.

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How can you punish an automaton (Adam and Eve) who is programmed to disobey you and at the same time be perfectly just? Illogical.

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I do not think that someone who rejects science in favor of a 2000 year old nomadic sheepherder's religion is in any position to be playing the "logic card" at this juncture.If you are going to claim "God used his super powers" to explain away most of modern science, I think that my proposition is perfectly valid using your standards of evidence and explanation.

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And perfect relationship is what he is after, what he is going to have. His perogative. He sets the adgenda, not us. We can choose to partake in his plan or not. Ours is not to set the plan. Your opinion of his plan is irrelevant.

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Do all humans have the same ability as God, to Know Good from Evil, because Adam and Eve ater of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, and became "as God", or not?If we do, then our "opinion" of the plan is certainly valid, because we have the same ability as God to judge it as Good or Evil.If not, then is Genesis incorrect in saying that humanity has the same ability as God to judge Good from Evil?

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When it becomes the world best selling book, loved by millions, a comfort in times of trouble, a source of hope and joy... (snip)

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...a major source of needles guilt and shame, justification for persecution, genocide, slavery, torture subjegation, sexism, racism, and all-around injustice...

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What science am I rejecting? What does "2000 years", "nomadic", "sheepherder" and "religion" do to indicate that something isn't logical?

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The very next sentence from my previous post answers your question.Why didn't you include it in your response?Here it is for you now: Oh, and the science you are rejecting would be modern Biology.

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..a major source of needles guilt and shame, justification for persecution, genocide, slavery, torture, subjegation, sexism, racism, and all-around injustice...

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What about the god you appear to worship - Science. Shall we take a look at some of the downsides there??

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I "worship" science in the same way I "worship" a hammer.It is a useful tool.

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As with science Schraf, the way it is applied is wrong - it is not wrong in and of itself. Wouldn't you agree.

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Science is a very useful, effective tool that is used to better understand the natural mechanisms of the Universe.It is neutral WRT ethics and morality; we apply ethical and moral constraints to scientific endeavors as we deem neccessary.Unlike Christianity and other religions, science does not claim to be the only source of righteousness, nor Ultimate Truth, etc., while you do claim this for Christianity and the Bible.Therefore, it is perfectly valid to find fault with the system itself for being immoral or unethical because it claims to be a source of morals and ethics.