Should The Rule God Placed Adam And Eve Regarding The Tree Of Knowledge?

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When we are considering if Satan’s argument about the rule God placed Adam and Eve regarding the Tree of Knowledge is valid. We first must consider what we believe God’s purpose was in placing the tree of knowledge in the garden. If God’s purpose was to test Adam and Eve’s loyalty and obedience to him or to demonstrate his trust in them would defiantly effect how we read into the rule about not eating from it. If the rule exists only to act as a test of loyalty and obedience, then Satan’s argument that God does not want Adam and Eve to have knowledge seen in the statement “One fatal tree stands of knowledge called, Forbidden them to taste: knowledge forbidden? (Milton p.99)” because they would become too powerful defiantly holds more power