“Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made and he said to the woman, ‘Indeed, has God said you shall not eat from any tree of the garden?’ And the woman said to the serpent, ‘From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat, but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said you shall not eat from it or touch it lest you die.’ And the serpent said to the woman, ‘You surely shall not die for God knows in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.’ And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate. She gave also to her husband with her and he ate. Then, the eyes of both of them were opened and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.” Genesis 3
God is good and only good. God declared His original creation the same...good and only good. No mention of evil whatsoever. This creation reflected who He was...good and only good. No evil whatsoever.
How is it that a person cannot obtain within their own reasoning the truth that if God created evil He would have to have had evil within Himself in order to have the desire to do such a thing. In the same manner, human kind sins because sin is EMBEDDED within the fallen nature of all of us. Are we good or is our disposition to follow evil by sinning and letting sin rule our lives? Sin corrupts. It is evil and not good.
How then can a person believe that within this Being of light and no darkness, evil resides and expressed itself by creating a booby trap in the Garden and then rejoiced when that trap was sprung and the people were suddenly aware...knowledge....(which is not evil in and of itself)
And by the way, God said to put out His human creation so they would not eat from the tree of Life and thereby continue in their sinful state forever. It's right there in Genesis. It's not a mystery.
22 Then the Lord God said, “Now these human beings have become like one of us and have KNOWLEDGE of what is good and what is bad. They must not be allowed to take fruit from the tree that gives life, eat it, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God sent them out of the Garden of Eden and made them cultivate the soil from which they had been formed. 24 Then at the east side of the garden he put living creatures and a flaming sword which turned in all directions. This was to keep anyone from coming near the tree that gives life.
Genesis 3
And again, knowledge is not evil.