Why did God make the tree have magical properties so that when they ate Adam and Eve “knew good from evil”?
And if they didn’t know good from evil before they ate the fruit, how would they have known eating it was evil?
Man is not at fault — God is. This myth does not get God off the hook for what a crazy, screwed up world we live in
God was the one who made man with a nature that is susceptible to temptation. God made the tree look delicious and tempting. God made man to require reasons — and didn’t give him any. God created the snake and let him into the garden. And God knew all this would happen, yet still setup things so man would disobey him!
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And why would you make the concept of 'good from evil' edible in the first place.
You haven't read the account in scripture with understanding. Did you miss where it says god told them not to eat of it? It was a test to see which they would choose: obedience to god or rebellion against god. God made us with free will. Evil exists in the world not because god created it, not because god didn't do away with it, but because it is constantly created by mankind's wrong decisions.
You seem to like blaming god for everything. It wasn't a scheme to trick Adam into disobedience. Just because god knows something will happen doesn't mean your free will was inoperative. If you are a parent you do the same thing in teaching your child right from wrong, good from bad. You are reading too much of your own guilt, fear and bad feelings from your life into this and blaming god.
Whatever happened to you in your life that was so bad, it happened because of your own choices and the wrong behaviors and choices of those around you. It was not a set up against you by god.