For a being who is omnipotent (has no dependencies on anyone or anything, suffers no consequences, etc) he is awfully needy for worship and obedience. And that's putting it kindly. In point of fact, as depicted, he's incredibly insecure.

you're asking why a fictional character does something in a seriously imperfect work of fiction that doesn't even rate a book review?

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Well, when you make up a story, you don't have to follow any of the rules of reality. Making up someone or something that is all knowing, for example, ignores reality - or more accurately recasts a reality where such an entity is even possible. How would that work, to be all knowing? It wouldn't work, it's not real. You can't inject yourself into a fictitious framework and expect logic and reason to be relevant.

Is there anything in the bible that makes sense?

Bingo. You have hit on the main paradox of the entire belief system. The story of Genesis I is preposterous. And while I think that Jesus is a really cool dude and I quite like his message, the reason for his death an resurrection is based on the Genesis story and therefore is also preposterous.

The stories in the Bible (and all other ancient religious texts) are a collection of various symbolic writings retrofitted to existing reality. They are aimed at conveying the highest wisdom, known at the time of writing, regarding human psychology and social mores of the period. The god figure in these stories is a personification of reality at large. (Reality created us. It is favorably disposed to our survival, but often creates difficulties for us.)

The Bible will not be internally consistent because it was written by at least 40 authors over hundreds of years. It’s just a collection of folk tales that try to embody the wisdom of personal discipline and social cohesion. When people take it literally they lose sight of its symbolic meaning. It’s an ancient artifact; it needs to be viewed through the lenses of history and anthropology, not taken as a coherent manuscript written by a single mind.

Compare the story of the Garden of Eden to the Marshmallow Test

Further, the existence of an omniscient, omnipotent God contradicts the existence of sin. Sin (at least as I understand it) is defined to be any thought or behavior against God's will. But God already knows what thoughts and behaviors you will have and has the power to prevent it. Yet, God allows it to happen anyway. Hence, anything that currently exists cannot be against God's will. (i.e. Sin does not exist if God exists.)

I told this to a Christian friend once and it broke him. He could never give a response because he knows both God and sin are bullshit.