I feel like God’s reaction was a bit extreme towards Adam and Eve. The reason I think that Adam and Eve can be excused from eating from the Tree of Knowledge is because they have not yet encountered evil in the past. As humans, it is normal for us to be curious and gullible. Adam and Eve are like newborn babies; they have never learned from their mistake before that incident. Thus, when the serpent convinces Eve to eat from the forbidden tree, he says, “[…] you will become as divine beings, knowing good and evil” which means that Adam and Eve don’t know anything about what is considered good…