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To “know good and evil,” in the language of the Bible, means to be the “master” of good and evil. This has a certain appeal.
Think of it. To be like gods, deciding what is good and evil!
Wouldn’t we all enjoy that? No boundaries! No rules, just right!
Have it your way! Be the master of vour destiny!
Man has always been enthralled with the temptation to be “like gods.” Whenever it is attempted, like the fall of Adam and Eve, it always leads to tragedy. We become beasts instead of gods. In claiming to be the “master race," some have presumed to be the master of good and evil. The extermination of “inferior” races was said to be necessary' and “good.”
Claiming to be masters of the inevitable progress of history, others have professed that the “ends justify the means.” The intentional killing of innocents is “good” if it advances “progress” or is “necessary to win the war.”
Today the Devil is still a gentleman. God gives us the intelligence to advance modern science in marvelous ways; the Devil tempts us to use science without restraint. God gives us labor-saving technology that increases our
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