The short answer is yes. The narrative is ambiguous. The temptation is in the commandment - a challenge leading to birth. The whole world is birthed in this process. There is no devil or Satan in this narrative - only a subtle serpent. (For the birthing see the Psalms).
Death is from the beginning the means to life. Sin is a refusal to die in order to live. If one died then all died. The Gospel is that we live by participation in the death of the Anointed - not by killing ourselves or others. This changes the nature of death and undoes fear.
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