Gosh, you guys read too much into it. It's a basic question
  little kids ask, and THAT'S when they get the lesson:

  "The word used for "knowledge of good and evil" is the same word
  used for "knowing men" or "knowing women". In other words, an
  intimate knowledge, gained by experience."

  In short, listening to authority vs disbelieving authority and
  having to try it yourself.

  I guess it's one of those "got lost in the translation" moments.
  In short, it's a trust issue. "Do you trust me? Great!" Oh, you
  don't trust me? Well, get the f. outta here then. Old Testament
  God was pretty Jealous.
  New Testament God wasn't Jealous 'cause humanity was finally
  mature enough for the message... so God thought anyway... might
  have been too soon God, I dunno. tongue emoticon