Simple question really.

[Chad32]

Well obviously she was wrong. Like I said, nothing he said was wrong. I don't know how sure he was that Yahweh would punish them for being enlightened, but knowledge is not a bad thing. Or if you think it's a sex metaphor, natural processes are not a bad thing.

Key word is obviously. You're not thinking it through and are missing the cunning and subtlety of the deceit. Satan's temptation gave them a choice:

- disobey God (i.e. do evil), gain knowledge of good and evil, get death

- obey God (do good), gain knowledge of good and evil, no death

If one can know good by doing evil - and that was Satan's claim - then logically one can also no evil by doing good. So, if they had resisted temptation, they would have gained the same knowledge, but without punishment.

How would they gain understanding of good end evil? Were we reading the same story? He specifically said this is the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and I don't want you eating of it. Then after they obtained it, he kicked them out. Where is there indication that he wants people to be enlightened, as opposed to completely obedient to his every whim? When has Yahweh ever wanted his humans to be independent beings, and not just worshipful sheep?

Obey god, remain ignorant and obedient, get eternal servitude.