How come god created the tree of knowledge?

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Originally Posted by vashthestampede0987

I was fairly sure that hell was created by Satan who was a banished angel for opposing god in some way. Therefore megaxxx just got double fail'd

Its not necessarily that satan CREATED hell, its more like he rebelled against got because he wasnt chosen to become the savior because of his own selfish intentions. He then took everyone who was on his side and left, sitting in eternal darkness.

This is how i see the story, god created the garden of eden for adam and eve to live in. As far as the tree of knowledge goes, it would be fair to say that you could also call it the tree of mortality, in that it granted them the ability to distinguish right from wrong, die, and reproduce. God created the tree so that LATER they could eat from it WITH HIS CONSENT, but he told them not to eat from it until he said so basically. He knew they were going to eat from the tree, and if they hadnt, we would had never existed because they would not have been able to reproduce. So basically its not like eve "screwed us over", because it was meant to happen, just not at that time. Because eve had no perception of right and wrong, when satan came along and suggested that she eats from it, she didnt necessarily know it was wrong other than the fact that god told her not to, so really she didnt know the consequences of her actions yet.

Anyway, that is what i have come to believe as the most accurate, although it is late and i might have left something out.