iano writes:
One cannot evaluate a thing to be good/evil before one knows about good/evil. And that knowledge came after the fact.
Isn't that precisely the point? Adam or Eve could not evaluate eating the apple to be good or evil untill it was too late. => God = jerk.
They did not fully understand the choice they were making, they could not have without the knowledge of good and evil. The made the choice without the ability to fully understand the consequenses.
like leaving a child by a cliff's edge and saying "don't go over the edge or you will surey die"
the child has no comprehension of the consequenses of going over the edge. => God = Jerk
It's like saying "well you can stay here in the garden of eden where things are good or you can have what's in the 'mystery box'" what kind of a choice is that?
=> God = Jerk
™ Version 4.2