So the serpant tells them to eat from the tree so that they will be intelligent and aware of life, and god didn't want that?
The serpent lied, as the results of them eating the fruit showed the terrible mistake they made.
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
As can be seen from the passage of that event, disaster occurred when they bit from the fruit. They already knew beforehand, just as Eve quoted, that God commanded them not to do it. They were wise already, and knew that eating it would be disobedience.
The serpent told them that they would become like God. As in, if they ate the the fruit, they would become equal to God. Their ultimate choice in eating the fruit had the intent in it of trying to overthrow God and become gods themselves.
Their eyes certainly were opened when they bit from the fruit, but not in a good way, at all. They experienced shame, realizing they were naked and trying to cover themselves. They experienced fear, realizing they had disobeyed God, and trying to hide from him when he entered the garden. Just in the same way as children hide from their parents when they fear punishment.
Then, God finds them, and the man blames his disobedience on God, blaming him for giving him the woman as his companion, as she was the one who gave him the fruit. Then the woman blames the serpent for the choice she made. They try to escape wrongdoing by deceptively placing the blame on others for the actions they alone chose to make.
He wanted them to just be servants to carry out his demand. Sounds like some underdeveloped countries to me.
Is being a servant carrying out the demands of others an inherently bad thing? God is the perfect master; he did not abuse or mistreat Adam and Eve, nor was he unfair with them. He gave them everything they needed, and he cared for them lovingly; even after they rebelled against him, he still cared for them, providing clothing for them before he cast them out of the garden. Likewise, he does not treat us unfairly now. We deserve every punishment he has taken on us; none of us are innocent before him. It makes me all the more thankful for what Jesus did when he paid the price for my sin.
A resentment for servitude ultimately stems from a rebellious desire to not have anyone ruling over oneself or telling one what to do.
Why put this special tree here anyway if it only served the purpose to bring self-awareness into people - exactly what god did not want.
Its purpose being in the garden was not to give people a positive sense of self-awareness (If that was its purpose, God would not have told Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of the tree) but to act as the medium for their decision of choice between following God and choosing to follow their own ways.
And holding a grudge against all of humanity because he was incapable of creating the two perfect humans is just sad.
God does not hold a grudge against us; it is Satan he hates and is going to destroy. He hates evil, and beause we are evil, we are guilty before him; that doesn't mean he holds a grudge against us. God was perfectly capable of creating Adam and Eve any way he wanted. He's God. He chose to create them the way he did- with a choice- because it was part of a much greater and lengthier plan and purpose to bring him the most glory, by showing them His mercy and grace.
