I love Death note, but shinigami eyes has to be the single dumbest deal ever consieved in fiction.

@LukeAlmighty Apple for knowledge.

@Zerglingman
Wat?

Would you mind to explain? I heard hundreds of hot takes on this one. What is yours?

@LukeAlmighty I messed up the delivery, tbh. Should have said "apple for paradise".

@Zerglingman
Ok, this one seem stupid on face value, but as I said... I heard a ton of hot takes on this one...

@LukeAlmighty I cannot add to the pile. It was inevitable that the choice would be made at some point. God knew it would happen and planned accordingly.

@Zerglingman
I like the version, That god wanted mindless slaves, and Satan told us to eat the apple to free us.

Once we got the knowledge of good and evil, we were useless to God's original plan.

@LukeAlmighty It's mildly amusing, but I hope nobody actually sincerely believes that.

@Zerglingman
Well, I am an atheist, so it is all jist fancy stories for me, but this one still makes more sense to me then the original one.

And I am sure there are people who do believe it.

@LukeAlmighty But it says that God made man "in His image". God wanted companions, not slaves. That's also why we were given the choice at all. Slaves would have just been forced to not eat it, like an animal.
It's to the point that, not only was it inevitable that the fruit would be eaten, but I am even willing to argue that God intended for us to do so, because without it, we could never become true companions.

@Zerglingman
Wait a minute......

Does God have the knowledge of good and evil?

@LukeAlmighty ... Is this a trick question?

@Zerglingman
If he created us in his own immage, but we didn't have that knowledge before we ate the fruit, what does that mean?