robinrohan writes:
God knows what he's going to do but that's not the same thing as making him do it.
That statement would have validity in this case if it weren't for the serpent. It seems that God rigged the race a bit.
God knows what makes us all tick, so He can make circumstances such that we will do what He wants. Hence the serpent. The wife is persuaded by the idea of being like God and Adam is persuaded by the fact that a woman can get a man to do just about anything.
So I would say that God set it up, according to the Bible so that:
The Fall, though bad, yields a greater glory.
Of course, if you believe that the creation we have now is considered by God to be what He wanted, then God could have made the creation work in whatever way He desired and still have it to be perfect and good. So the creation of the biosphere, and man, through evolution does not preclude the existance of God.