FOMO in the Garden of Eden

Surely, God understands human psychology better than we do. So when He decreed to Adam and Eve that they could indulge in every luscious, dripping fruit in the Garden except for one—the forbidden, gleaming red apple—He must have known exactly what He was doing.

Let’s be honest: this was textbook reverse psychology.

If you tell a human—especially a child—that they can have anything they want except for one thing, their entire brain will now orbit around that one thing. They won’t just want it; they will ache for it. The denial itself transforms it from an ordinary apple into an object of unbearable, cosmic significance.

And yet, we’re supposed to believe that it was the serpent who tempted Adam and Eve? Please.

The real agent of temptation wasn’t some fork-tongued reptile whispering sweet nothings about omniscience—it was the restriction itself. God set the stage for FOMO, lit the match, and then acted surprised when the fire caught.

By banning the apple, He turned it into the first status symbol in human history. Before that, it was just another piece of produce. Now, it was the One Fruit to Rule Them All. The ultimate off-limits delicacy, the Birkin bag of Eden, a thing so exclusive, so unattainable, that they couldn’t stop obsessing over it.

So what does that say about God?

It suggests that the God of Genesis is the original architect of FOMO—implanting the desire, priming the temptation, and then punishing humanity for falling into the very trap He designed.

Divine irony at its finest.