Did Yahweh Set Adam Up?

[Chad32]

Yes, Eve said Yahweh told her she would die if she ate the fruit. The snake said the apple wouldn't kill her. It would just grant knowledge of good and evil. Which is true. Yahweh even says now that they've eaten the fruit, they've become more like us, which is what the snake said. I don't know if the snake really thought he'd kick them out, and forbid them from eating from the Tree of Life, but he didn't lie, and neither of them thought to consult Yahweh about the snake, so there was a giant hole in Yahweh's plan. They were not prepared enough. I know you don't like having the story just taken at face value, without making presumptions that exonerate your god, but I'm just reading what's in the text. There is very little in the story other than setting the stage, having them eat the fruit, and get kicked out.

You admit that they wouldn't be able to understand what good and evil were, but still expect me to believe they would understand what punishment and death were, without having experienced it prior.

It's really hard to take the bible literally without seeing the holes, but if the stories of the book are to be taken metaphorically, I can just as easily take Yahweh metaphorically.