Why Did God Put The Tree Of Knowledge In The Garden Of Eden

It was put there so what happened could happen.

Finito! Ok?

@Post

"Why was that tree in the garden of eden in the first place ?

Isn't this the equivalent of keeping a 9mm pistol a toddlers crib ?" you asked

On the contrary, no it isnt equivalent to keeping a 9mm pistol in a toddler’s crib.

These tenants were grown and capable of making decisions to comply with an expressed command or to wilfully flout it.

They were advised (i.e. warned) not to be irresponsible and were made to understand there will be consequences if the instruction was ignored.

The  tree was in the garden in as much as the Tree of Life was there alongside it too.

It was there to test  faith, loyalty and belief in God and His word

The garden of Eden had all sorts of tree you can possibly imagine; the Tree of Life and the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil inclusive

The Tree of Life along with the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil were strategically positioned in the middle (i.e. centre)  of the garden.

So there isnt any excuse of accidentally bumping into it.

The tenants were allowed access to all the trees in the Garden but were given an expressed instruction not to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil (i.e.one might say look touch but dont eat else you die)

What beats me is how can one choose a Tree of Doom (i.e. Death) over a Tree of Life

Ambition? Running before crawling?

How would Adam and Eve  be capable of knowing  right from wrong if they haven't eaten from the  tree of knowledge of right and wrong ? Why would god warn people who are incapable of knowing right and wrong about the consequences of certain actions ? If Adam and Eve were the first people on earth did they even know what death is in the first place ?


An all knowing god who is always testing faith and loyalty of his subjects  has an insecurity disorder and needs psychological help ASAP. Whats the use of his omniscience if he is always testing the faith and loyalty for his subjects ?



Again did Adam and Eve know what death was ? This is the equivalent of trying to punish a toddler with jail time when they don't even know what is a crime and what are the consequences of going to jail.

How did they know that what they were doing was wrong when they had not yet lost their innocence i.e. they had not yet eaten the tree of knowledge of right and wrong.

Has it occurred to you that the Garden of Eden was not a physical place on this planet?

^^^ The Opener of the thread

To Whom It May Concern

My Holy Bible has an ANSWER for everything question; stupid or wise

For who has known the mind of the Lord? or who has been His counselor? Romans 11 V 34

^^^ It was in the Spiritual. Not in the world of matter at all.

^^^ Fair enough. . . but be warned that the mere fact that earthly rivers are mentioned does not mean it was on earth. This is because earthly landmarks such as mountains, rivers, etc often have spiritual counterparts, much in the same way as physical man has a spirit.

Do you have empirical evidence to show us that  the spiritual world actually exists  ? Do you even have empirical evidence to show that humans have a spirit ?

What a fallacious argument ! Always remember that the burden of proof is with the one making the positive claim !

@poster
If there was actually a garden of eden, think of the pilgrimage-generated revenue israel will be enjoying(not that people aren't flocking to jerusalem oo). I mean, we will all want to see mankind's cradle.

_{even when we are sure life started before then.}

@Agathamari

So you reckon Adam & Eve never knew death existed? How did you arrive and settle for that conclusion.

I will reiterate they both knew death existed because they were informed of it by God.

Adam was infomed of death directly by God whereas Eve was made aware of death by her husband Adam.

Eve's awareness is substantiated by the fact that she was so sure of death to the point of debating about it with the devil

Adam went for the overkill by exaggerating to Eve that ordinarily touching the tree's fruit would cause death

  Genesis 3:2-3 Amplified Bible (AMP)

    ²And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit from the trees of the garden,

   ³Except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden.
    God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

They were informed of death, and were aware of it,

They believed satan's word over God's . . .

Satan got the better of them.

So that we could make rockets and laptops - that tree must have had so much knowledge - THANK GOD!!!

Your god is an callous and capricious . He knew the consequences of putting the tree in the garden but did nothing about it.

@Agathamari

This is death concerning Adam and Eve and not about "explaining death to someone who has never experienced it"

Recall the question God asked Adam was "Had you eaten of the tree that I had commanded you not to eat"

Adam's reply was "The woman that thou gave to me, she gave it to me and I did eat"

Notice Adam's admission didnt go like "Yeah I did eat of the tree but hey I did not know what death is/was nor had I experiened it"

Unlike the "small children and people who had lived in exile their whole lives" in your submission

Adam and Eve were made grown with a fair substantial amount of knowledge

one might say they had a privilege headstart of information and knowledge (i.e ready made with knowlege of death etc)

When God said "If thou eat of the tree, thou shall surely die, Adam understood God and believed the statement

Adam understood the seriousness of not eating of the fruit of the tree

that in order to prevent them been put at risk of death,  in addition to stopping Eve getting any bright ideas in her head concerning the tree

he informed her that ordinarily touching the tree would make one die (i.e. literally dont even think about going near that tree)

Importantly recognise that eating of the Tree of Life is associated with perpetual existence

and eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil is associated with or leads to death (i.e. separation of man from God)

All parties were OK with the deal without any questions arising

until moment the seed of doubt was sown and personal ambition subsequently got the better of them.