The snake was Christ. The fruit of Knowledge of Good and Evil was Gnosis. The Garden of Eden wasn't paradise - it was a prison cell, and YHWH was our jailer. He fears what we might become if we just remember who we are...
Interesting interpretation. There are so many different interpretations of this particular mythos. I've even concocted an antinatalist version: The Fall was precipitated by procreation. The first born, Cain, unleashed evil upon the Earth.