trust

eden. a perfect world in which nothing is breakable. including relationships.

what did those relationships lack, something which can be broken?

trust.

god introduced the possibility of destructive potentials (the tree) so that people could trust him. he made a special relationship, a relationship of trust, possible.

on a side note, it really is a gigantic deal when someone breaks your trust. and the fact that there are laws in place that assume men are untrustworthy is a good example of the state of things.