It's the origin of new age doctrine. There is a very a good reason He said don't do it... And here we are...

Genesis 3

The Fall
3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”

4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

EXACTLY!!! 🙏

God will not hold those guiltless who think they are gods or can become gods and ascend another way besides through Yeshua who paid the ultimate price for all. People have erred from the faith and heaped many sorrows upon themselves. If Yeshua is not the only way then His crucifixion was completely. unnecessary.

John 14:6
Amplified Bible
6 Jesus said to him, “[a]I am the [only] Way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

Off topic a bit.
What are the benefits of the Amplified Bible?

First or second time I ever posted from amplified. None for me but may strike a cord with others that aren't so biblically in tune. Just wanted to put some emphasis on some things. People may not understand that when Yeshua says, "verily, verily" it means, "Pay Attention, this is very impirtant."