Overview of the Knowledge of Good and Evil

The presence of both good and evil in the world is an established fact which outlines the parameters for all decision making processes. The consequence of decisions taken on the basis of a relative "good" over the alternatives — frequently said to be the lessor evils — constitute the fruitage from the "Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil". Such knowledge was a central component of Satan's false promise to Eve, with the unavoidable implication that mankind was left to find his own way in the world, alienated from his Creator.

The prevalence of chaos — now on a global scale — attests to the gross error imposed by Eve's bad choice. Our knowledge of the truth about the state of the world as it exists in the early twenty-first century depends absolutely upon our ability to recognize and understand these clear and obvious facts.

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