Free will vs Omniscience

We have had the knowledge of good and evil since Adam and Eve. Case closed.

What has that got to do with it? The point is that Adam and Eve did have the knowledge of good and evil and they supposedly passed it down to us - so we are well qualified to judge whether God is good or evil.

I don't know what any of that has to do with what I said but you're missing the biggest "if" of all - if He even exists.But again, you're missing the real point: It doesn't matter whether God is good or evil. We can't do anything about that. What matters is the good and/or evil that WE do.Of course, obeying evil commands from God would be evil.

God Himself said so in Genesis. We have become like Him (Them). We have grown up. Like you? I guess so. They have access to critical thinking just like the rest of us. Whose fault is it if they don't use it?

What could be more obvious? That's the standard we apply to humans, isn't it? We don't sell toys that are labelled, "May cause serious injury or death." We eliminate the evil threats beforehand.Why should God be held to a lower standard? That's just a bullshit excuse to blame ourselves for the bad things while giving God the credit for the good things. God or no God, we ARE free to do whatever we want and we ARE responsible for the consequences. And they're wrong, as usual. We're under our own law and our own standard. Who's asking Him to be responsible? By all means, tell Him to stay the Hell away.

That has nothing to do with what I said. I was asking why God shouldn't be held to the same standards we hold ourselves to.Stop usung me as a launch pad for your rants and try to reply honestly. Sure we do. We watch you doing it every day. Yup. We have also concluded that you don't HAVE one, whether you "need" one or not. Stop lying. Nobody here has told you that. That question doesn't make any sense.

I don't see why we shouldn't take credit for the good things we have accomplished. More than that, we will try to prevent them. Thinking made me a skeptic.And you keep saying "skeptic" as if it was a bad thing. Why do you do that? There you go again, mocking what Jesus said. That's an odd take on "by their fruits ye shall know them". In your addled mind, are my fruits something to be emulated or something poisonous?

Then why are you worried about "poisoning your mind" with my conclusions? It isn't about enabling. That's just a copout, an excuse to do nothing.They're going to be enabled, if not by you then by somebody else.It's about dignity. If somebody asks me for help, who am I to decide whether he really, really, really needs help? I don't buy that 12-step bullshit about how "you can't do it yourself". On the contrary, they HAVE to do it themselves. No matter what help and encouragement they get, they still have to make the final decision themselves. So I give them the dignity of allowing them to make the decision with no interference from me. I don't know (or care) about the Federal Reserve but the IRS should definitely know the net worth of every citizen. (I don't know why you say "private" citizen.) How else are they going to know if the citizen is paying his fair share? Your far-right handlers don't want the IRS to prevent them from stealing from YOU, but you keep enabling them. How so? (I'm going to break my own rule and predict that you won't answer.) Collecting income tax is not "my method". It's society's method. So go ahead and give sone actual examples of "my methods" and how they do more harm than good.

Sure they do. That's how they got Al Capone. As I have told you before, if/when the government comes to collect, you WILL pay up. Stop talking like a one of those militia idiots. (Is that a cache of guns in your back yard?) You're such a slave to right-wing propaganda. If you're legal, the IRS are on your side, trying to collect from the rich bastards, like Trump, who are NOT legal. In your posts, I always stop reading at "gold". You know nothing about it. Who are YOU decide all by your little self what's fair? It's up to society as a whole. I think you should pay what you're required to pay. Period. When have I ever given you reason to think otherwise? I have no idea of Utopia. Just for once, for a change, would you THINK before you blather such nonsense?First, where have I EVER suggested anything resembling a police state?Second, EVERY nation "forces" its citizens to distribute their income. Ever hear of taxes?Third, YOU are the beneficiary of much of that distribution. Ever go to a public school? Ever drive on a public road? Ever hear of a Fire Department or a Police Department or an Army or a Navy or an Air Force? In your sheer bone-headed, stupidity, do you want to get rid of all of those? Well, the Jews had public schules and the Romans had public roads - and Jesus told the people to pay their taxes, so clearly He DID approve. Pull your head out of your ass.

Why is that even an issue? Yes, the government has every right (and duty) to collect what it needs for libraries, armies and fire departments.We can't just let the meth addicts burn; the fire might spread next door to the hard-working middle-class guy. We can't just let your buddy Putin invade the country because it will effect the hard-working middle-class guy along with the meth addict.We're all in the same boat. I have explained it to you many, many, many times before. The meth dealer shops at your store. The spare change I give circulates. The dollar i give to the meth addict that he gives to his dealer, that he gives to your store is no different from the dollar that YOU spend on too much sugar. Sure we can. We know that things DO change. My favorite aunt's husband died, leaving her with five small children. She went on welfare for a while and eventually went back to work. The children all grew up to be productive members of society - and so did their children.How can you even suggest that that legislated financial help didn't change anything? But you're not suggesting more. You're suggesting less.Have you ever seen the movie Soylent Green? They use garbage trucks to scoop up "undesirables". Is that the "more" you have in mind? What's "authoritarian" about it? I'm just predicting that your bluster won't come to anything. They'll give you the bill and you'll pay. (Unless you hide your money away. But you said you'd never do anything illegal.) I don't know what insane corner of your mind that came from.