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1 | Forbidden fruit represents sex? | Gen 3:1 | reilly1041 | 87883 | ||
My mother-in-law (Roman Catholic) believes that in the story of the fall, the forbidden fruit represents intercourse between Adam and Eve. She says that original sin and the fall of man wouldn't have occurred just by "eating some fruit". I told her man's fall occurred because they disobeyed God, by eating the fruit. I couldn't convince her, I told her that there was nothing in the text that would indicate that the fruit represented anything other than the fruit. She apparently learned this in Catholic grade school 50 years ago. Does anyone else hold to this view? Am I right to read this story literally? Emmaus - I tried to check the Catechism, but couldn't find anything in there (but I'm not that good at finding my way through that beast), do you know if this is Catholic doctrine? Thanks, reilly |
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2 | Forbidden fruit represents sex? | Gen 3:1 | Emmaus | 87903 | ||
Reilly, Pride and envy stirred up by the Tempter seem more likely the sin of Adam and Eve. They desired to be self sufficient, like God, rather dependent upon Him and so they disobeyed. The fruit was probably a lemon which they bought from that snake of a salesman who pitched it like it Newton's apple. ;-) Emmaus |
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