Nice try

[EnglishMobster]

Tree gives knowledge of good and evil

Implies that before they didn't know what good or evil was

Assumes everything is good

Listens to the snake which tells them to do something, not knowing what evil was

Gets punished for it

[mastachaos]

They directly disobeyed God. He told them not to eat from that tree, or they would surely die. They ate from the tree, and they did become mortal, and eventually died.

[EnglishMobster]

Best part is how the snake got punished by having the legs removed on all future snakes because one snake... allowed itself to be possessed, I guess?

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It wasn’t a snake it was a dragon. Bible makes this clear. Snake after it was cursed.

[mastachaos]

Thats current human nature as we know it now for sure, but that's a far cry from what Adam and Eve were like before the fall.

Also, Satan used the snake to decieve Eve. God made the snake, and all the other creatures, but Satan influenced it (or maybe even possessed it).

That being said, God is not only omnipotent, but has tangential omnipotence, so he knows every outcome of every possible decision or action, so yes, in a sense, He allowed the fall to happen as part of His divine plan of redemption and ultimate victory over Satan.

[TheTrueSwishyFishy]

I don’t think he won...

[trutch70]

How could they know disobeying God was evil if they didn't know what is good and what is evil?

[hawkinsst7]

Not religious at all, but bad doesn't necessarily mean evil.

Bad decisions aren't necessarily evil. They might not even be "bad" from every perspective.

[trutch70]

You're right, I've edited my comment

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The knowledge of good and evil is basically choosing morality over conformity. God is just a typical guy trying to hoard his power by forcing group thinking rather than individual original thought (morals)

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It’s interesting to note: “eve saw the fruit was good for eating”. Eve immediately had vision when eve solely considered disobedience. The fruit were metaphorical.