Paroman: Because he knew they were going to eat it from the Tree of Evil(He is omniscient), so he God planted the tree in the garden of eden just to make human disobey him so that he can later curse us and condemn us to eternal damnation just as he wished! . He had it planned from the onset! Before he created Adam and Eve, he knew they would disobey him and he would curse them and all their offsprings too will carry the curse for life! It was all predetermined by God.

stewger: He wanted to teach them obedience. They disobeyed. There's and equal amount of good and bad in each human being. In this context, the bad represents the Apple tree. He wants you to do good, but you are free to do bad.

stewger: Adam and eve were perfect? So why did they disobey God then?

I'll say it again, God put an equal amount of good and bad in each of us, Adam and Eve inclusive.

He told them to do good but their bad side got a better hold on them.

Everyone is inclined to do bad, even the pope.

It's succumbing to the bad side that's the problem.

Ukutsgp: u mean evil was already existing in Adam and eve before they ate d forbidden fruit or after.

Alexk2: Check you bible well...it isnt an evil fruit and pls., change the topic afterward.

stewger:

It was before. Otherwise why did they even know what disobedience is?



Yes it's the tree of forbidden knowledge. It made them aware of all the bad things that can be perpetrated by them.

Ukutsgp: they did not know what disobedience is until they have eaten the fruits.

stewger:

How can they not know? Isn't eating the fruit disobedience?

God said do not eat that fruit. And they still went ahead and ate it. The disobedience occurred before they ate the fruit.

They had it in them all along. They were just ignorant of it. The fruit made them realize it.

Ukutsgp: it is a lie. it was after eating it that their eyes became opened to know good and evil. read ur bible very well.

Stewger: How can they not know? Isn't eating the fruit disobedience?

God said do not eat that fruit. And they still went ahead and ate it. The disobedience occurred before they ate the fruit.

They had it in them all along. They were just ignorant of it. The fruit made them realize it.

stewger: What is a lie? Do you even know the truth? We're just arguing based on what the bible told us.



I have read my bible, now read the comment very well before commenting, then compare your bolded and my bolded.

Ukutsgp: they did not have trait of evil at all. God didn't create them that way. until they ate the fruit. that is my stands.
pls did d bible told u dat they have evil in them when God created them?

Ray360: @stewger. Your claim of Adam and Eve Having Evil in them is totally baseless. The Bible Recorded that After Creation, God Saw that everything he made was GOOD. Adam and Even had no evil in them. Please, stop insisting on falsehood. They were perfect before the fall that changed the course of humanity.

stewger

It was before. Otherwise why did they even know what disobedience is?



Yes it's the tree of forbidden knowledge. It made them aware of all the bad things that can be perpetrated by them.

majorgr: Dear poster, I hope this answers ur important question. You see, after the creation of man, God gave man a free will, He did not create a man as an angel that has got no free will. Now, God put the tree of knowledge of Good and evil so dat his man can totally make his own decisions wether to serve Him or not. The tree serves as something dat says "See man I giv u free will I did not mak u a servant as the angels but a man just like God". Creation was perfect, but God has to install sometin in d garden to tell The man dat God wouldn't force him to mak his decisions. Wat Adam shud hav done was to ask God for the fruit if he was curious about it, instead he obeyed satan and immediately the cursing was set in motion and d Blessing deactivated. If God hadn't place that tree there, then creation of man wud hav been a puppet and not a son. God had to place sometin to let him know dat he the man can mak his decisions to love him. This kind of love lasts. A love that u do at free will lasts dan one u are forced to show. This is the genius of creation.
Well, If Adam and Eve Had the freewill and God knowing full well as the omniscient one that eating that Fruit from the evil tree will doom humanity, why then did he put it there?