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Originally Posted by asaris
It might be important that it's not the fruit of knowledge, but the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve weren't necessarily totally ignorant before they ate the fruit.
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You have pointed out what I think is the point of the tree. One of the stumbling blocks many have in understanding the whole sin-God-guilt thing is the idea of free will. The significance of the tree giving knowledge of good and evil is that before then humans did not have any idea of right and wrong, and so could not be held responsible for their actions. When they ate from the tree they did not really sin any more than they were before, but because they now understood what they were doing was wrong they were no longer allowed into Eden.