Garden of Eden was a setup...

[ChristIsLord]

If you want to talk in terms of metaphor, the tree of knowledge of good and evil is not "KNOWLEDGE" but knowledge of "THE LAW" that which we are confined to....the bar that God has set that we consistently fail to achieve.

So what was so wrong with eating the fruit of this tree? Wouldn't we then have the knowledge of this 'law' and hence be better placed to meet the bar of which you speak?

For example: we have rules here. Not many, but we have them. Would it make sense to hide the rules page behind a big red button labelled "DO NOT TOUCH ON PAIN OF DEATH!!!" and have it automatically and permanently ban anyone who tries clicking it? What would that say about the site and the Staff in charge?

God said "you may eat of any tree in the garden but of the tree in the middle of the garden, you shall not eat of it or touch it or you will die."
The rule was not hidden but spelled out clearly; God made it plain and simple DON'T EAT OR TOUCH or you will die. Neither the rule or consequence was hidden from them.

If you had a button that said "DO NOT TOUCH ON PAIN OF DEATH!!! first of all I'd be curious because of my human nature, second, I'd click it just out of pride, just because I wouldn't believe that death was really a consequence. That my good man is our sin nature at work.