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Sharon my point was literal: he already knew what would happen.
And besides , the garden of eden thing is more likely a metaphorical thing. Perhaps mankind was given knowledge by the 'snake'.
Creationistic stories are very interesting, and many follow a similar theme .
The interesting thing about Christianity is, thr snake is a symbol of evil . Yet in many cultures its not , its a symbol of eternal life, or cycles ....and wisdom, which is a cowinkydink .
But back to 'god' . The bible mentions 'Elohim' in genesis. The elohim created ...everything.
Thing is , elohim is a plural word for el, or eloah.
So maybe , there wasnt just one god?
Maybe one god, (or gods) wanted man to be smart and the other god, (or gods) didnt.🤷♀️