# What was the purpose of the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil

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**Created:** [February 26, 2023, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-purpose-of-the-tree-of-the-knowledge-of-good-and-evil/980405 "2023-02-26T19:56:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-purpose-of-the-tree-of-the-knowledge-of-good-and-evil/980405/44 "2023-02-27T17:59:38Z")

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> [@kanicbird](#):
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> Perhaps because it was created for/through a child. (John 1:3, Co 1:16) . One that the bible demonstrates didn’t know everything, including a time before He knew enough to chose the right and reject the wrong.

I’m not following this. Who is the child? Are you saying that there was a time when God himself didn’t know right from wrong? That seems a rather astonishing statement coming from a Christian. Is this a mainstream view?

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