the first thing to understand is that the tree did not magically give them any sort of knowledge...it was simply a tree....it didnt impart anything to them.
It doesn't state anything like that. We therefore have to look at the story in its context. It states, in no uncertain terms, that the tree was of the
knowledge of good and evil, and if they ate of it, they would then
know what is good and what is evil.
Therefore telling them not to eat of the fruit
before they could comprehend the ramifications is a lesson in futility. To make matters infinitely worse, God grants the serpent unlimited access to the world's most naive human beings.
It was a set up from the start.
"Political correctness is tyranny with manners." -- Charlton Heston
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