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My understanding is that, up until she started listening to Satan, the tree wasn't that big an issue - the tree, by itself, wasn't the temptation. Satan used the tree to create a temptation. Does that make sense? The tree wasn't tempting them - the temptation was more about the fact that Eve decided to trust Satan, not God.
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Also . . . God created the Garden and *then* He created Adam and put him in the Garden. The Tree wasn't put there as a temptation--it was already there. The only way a valid comparison could be made is if something is in the room that has always been there and you are teaching the child to not touch it. But, even then, the issue with Adam and Eve wasn't about touching something mom and dad said to not touch--it was about two adults disobeying God.