Humanity? Humanity is not concerned with us. Today anything is allowed. Anything is possible.
Which is worse? Killing with hate or killing without hate?
We've sort of agreed that the account of Adam and Eve is a story.
First we must understand that there can be no life without risk - and when our center is strong, everything else is secondary, even the risks.
Think higher, feel deeper.
He wants to see whether we are capable of overcoming out base instincts, of killing the Satan within ourselves. We have no right to despair. And if he punishes us mercilessly, it is a sign that He loves us that much more.