I’m not a scholar and why bother at this late date, but the way I figure it, in following the logic of the facts as presented in the bible without challenging those facts (‘cause challenging facts this far removed from events is just inference): Because man is created in God’s image then both man and God have the capacity to think and create within their spheres, however man’s creations are pale comparison, in power, scope and beauty, although Cathedrals gave it a shot and were pretty impressive in the day, before the sky scrapers swallowed St. Patrick’s in NY.bahaman wrote: If testing the fruit is necessary for understanding including the understanding of the nature of sin then why God punished Adam and Eve. They were ignorant before testing.
The advantage of being human is that like God, one can think (inferred from being made in God's image and distinguished from the beasts), and the advantage to thinking is that mistakes can be avoided, to some extent.
If for some reason a person cannot think of consequences, then their thinking ability has been corrupted by injury or delusion. From one point of view there is no such thing as a mistake, and the reason for that saying is because we learn from our mistakes and everything works out for the best, thus two clichés override one.
However that’s only true if one can learn from mistakes, and if thinking ability has been compromised by injury or delusion, then learning won’t happen.
This leads to the question, is suffering a means for God to realize a mistake, or is it a means for man and woman to realize a mistake?
I say man and woman, because we know suffering is within their realm of apprehension and comprehension, whereas God who created them, without borrowed parts, exists in another ineffable realm that includes mans’ realm, women too, which is handy since God is also described as ineffable.
Those first two folks who doubted that God’s word is the truth to be obeyed, were corrupted by a thought implanted by the evil serpent with his smiling face, pretending to be a friend. Their ignorance was no excuse.
To answer your question: from the evidence it appears that understanding God’s word is not required to obey God’s word.