WTWizard, it almost sounds like you are going to the dark side there. Cheers for the devil and all that. I am going to stray off topic to respond to this.
First, it seems odd that religions teach that god is a single entity and that satan is a single entity. It's as though they are actual persons rather than "powers and principalities".
In Genesis, when Adam and Eve partook of the fruit of knowledge, it was a group of 'people' referenced as 'god' (and friends) who remarked "They have become like us knowing good and evil."
How can we relate to this story in our day? It is very important that we understand the concept at this time.
God and friends were those who exercised power over the humans. We have a cabal even today who call the shots on wars and treaties. Let's refer to god and his co-horts as TPTB (The Powers That Be).
So in this story, Adam and Eve have decided to question the authority of TPTB. They have sought knowledge of what is really going on with this garden and why they are here. They want to know what's behind the curtain. They have a lot of unanswered questions. They are told to just obey and do as they are told and enjoy the animals and the garden. But this garden is walled off. It is isolated. They want to know what lies beyond. Why are they being kept in this place. Why must they do everything TPTB tells them to do.
When the couple do seek knowledge, they become "like their masters" in that they now know 'good and evil'. Why would this be a "bad thing"? When you know what the masters are up to then they have no power over you. No power; no control. In seeking knowledge, Adam and Eve were no longer submissive and obedient to the authorities that governed them. They became independent agents. As god and his cronies said, "they have become like us" meaning they know what we know; they know what we are doing. As such, the couple were now a threat to TPTB. When the controllers no longer had anyone to control and their experiments had gone awry, the couple had to be banished from that existence so as not to contaminate others. (Yes, there were probably others in the "garden")
Adam and Eve were disfellowshipped from the hall because they asked too many questions. They began to see the lies and the motives. They were being used for the personal gain of TPTB. And once they began to open their eyes, they were both a threat to TPTB and a threat of contamination to the others who were isolated in the womb of the cult.