[DannyTN]

"Why not stick the tree out somewhere where they couldnt reach it?"

How can you have free will, if there is no choice? They only had one thing that they were forbidden, the tree. Remove the tree, and they no longer have a choice.

[Mr. K]

but if I don't want someone to eat something I don't stick it in front of them

When my kids were young they loved cookies and I would bake them. But I didn't set them on the table in front of them and tell them not to eat. Especailly not to eat or you will surely die (or worse, get a spanking)

I would stick them on top the fridge until it was time to eat cookies.

(I really am trying to be serious here)

So.. why make a “tree of knowledge” and then stick it right in front of them, and tell them not to eat it.

And what kind of tree contains knowledge?