MC asked: So why was eating fruit from the tree of knowledge forbidden?

For the love a....there was NO fruit...it's an allegory....what it indicates
is that since mankind now had the ability to choose...because he now had a
conscience...life would become much more difficult....he would be affected
by his actions....he would have to think about everything and make
plans....he would have to weigh judgments....life became more complicated as
soon as man eveolved into sentience...

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