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The best common response to this dilemna is probably that if God were make us without any capacity to disobey then we would be no more than robots programmed to tow the line.
The ability to choose right or wrong, means that when we choose to love or worship it is genuine and not just a programmed response like instincts in the animal kingdom. God created us for a higher purpose than a spider that insinctively makes a web. he made us in his own image, with conscience and reason and creativity.
But... if they already knew right from wrong, then what was wrong with eating the fruit of knowledge?