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In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups, and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
Regards,
Jessica |
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Libertarius
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| Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:05 am Post subject: Re: Adam and Eve |
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"Jessica L. Price" wrote:
| Quote: | In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups, and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
Regards,
Jessica
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===>It is based on the confusion about the verb "to know".
A good book exploring that subject is
" Adam, Eve, and the Serpent" by
Elaine Pagels
Description: How did the early Christians come to believe that sex was
inherently sinful? When did the Fall of Adam become
synonymous with the fall of all humanity? What turned Christianity from a
dissident sect that championed the integrity of the
individual and the idea of free will into the bulwark of a new imperial
order--with the central belief that human beings cannot
choose not to sin? In this provocative materpiece of historical scholarship
Elaine Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked
the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin
as embodied in the story of Genesis. 189 pages,
softcover from Vintage Books.
Libertarius
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John W
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On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 22:59:14 -0500, "Jessica L. Price"
<jessicaprice@wisc.edu> wrote:
| Quote: | In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups, and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
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Ignorant, misguided people will attach all sorts of odd meanings to
Bible verses and texts.
Some who are horrified by oral sex, for instance, will give you
half-a-dozen texts in the Bible that forbid it; which is hilarious
since that is a large part of the Song of Songs.
Those who don't approve of alcohol for whatever reasons will read into
the bible that we are prohibited from drinking all alcohol. Funny
since there are a number of references to alcohol consumption in both
Testaments.
The Bible prohibits the ABUSE of alcohol.
John W
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Michael
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In article <bgklmj$h2p$1@news.doit.wisc.edu>, "Jessica L. Price"
<jessicaprice@wisc.edu> wrote:
| Quote: | In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups, and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
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What you are encountering is the story of the serpent seed, Eve having not
made a covering for her mouth to cover the sin, but for her loins (God
removed the covering for sin made by Eve and replaced it with a lawful
covering and prophesy of much which follows). God is a Creator, and made
man to create also. But lacking maturity at that time, Eve was forbidden
at that time to 'eat' of certain knowledge. The immature worship the
creation rather than the Creator and their creation efforts rather than
the Creator. This is the source of pagan fertility goddess worship.
The serpent was not, obviously a snake, based upon the Hebrew, excepet in
the kindergarten flannel board version. The serpent seed intrepretation
examines the meaning of the Hebrew word for continuing in labour at the
birth of the twins Cain and Abel, providing the possibility that the two
sons did not have the same father. That position is somewhat supported by
the absence of Cain in any of the geanological records of Adam, as well as
the unfolding of the curses placed on the 'serpant and his seed' in
Chapter 3 and the following conflicts between the Canninites and the
Israelites from Genesis to Chronicles ending in the victory of Christ, the
seed of the woman, mother of all living.
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In article <3F2DE986.688E6FD5@Nothing_But_The_Truth.net>, Libertarius
<Libertarius@Nothing_But_The_Truth.net> wrote:
| Quote: | "Jessica L. Price" wrote:
In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups, and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
Regards,
Jessica
===>It is based on the confusion about the verb "to know".
A good book exploring that subject is
" Adam, Eve, and the Serpent" by
Elaine Pagels
Description: How did the early Christians come to believe that sex was
inherently sinful?
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Not sure that Christians ever considered sex between a man and a women in
the sanctity of a holy marriage before God sinful. There is no law
against it, so there is no textural basis for it to be a sin. Jesus
affirmes a holy marriage as a good thing as it was in the beginning, and
Paul, an 'early' Christian encourages marriage which is a lawful
relationship, and discourages sexual activity that transgresses the 7th
Commandment's statues. IN Galations 5, he says that the fruits of the
flesh transgress the law and are unlawful, but the fruits of the spirit
are lawful, because there is no law against them.
When did the Fall of Adam become
| Quote: | synonymous with the fall of all humanity?
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Most believers in the 'serpent seed' believe that Adam was formed on the
8th day, not the 6th. adam (mankind) was created on the 6th day, but ha
Adam (a specific man) was formed on the 8th day, a day of new beginnings.
ha Adam was the high priest, Malchezedok, but there were lots of other
folks in the picture as well. If true, Adams purpose was to restore
creation as high priest, the first man Adam, and in that he failed to
'tend the garden' allowing the serpant in from the field, where he did not
belong after falling as described in Revelation 12. In the first man Adam
all men died, but in the second man 'Adam', Christ, all men will be made
alive.
1Corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a
living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
1Corinthians 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man
is the Lord from heaven.
John Mark 13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but
he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
What turned Christianity from a
| Quote: | dissident sect that championed the integrity of the
individual and the idea of free will into the bulwark of a new imperial
order--with the central belief that human beings cannot
choose not to sin?
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This book sounds like a lot of urban legend and Biblical illiteracy.
| Quote: | In this provocative materpiece of historical scholarship
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Tee hee hee, you surely jest. Scholarship? of What? It soulds
provocative, but then so is satan and her followers.
| Quote: | Elaine Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked
the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin
as embodied in the story of Genesis. 189 pages,
softcover from Vintage Books.
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Sounds like something from the anti-Christ.
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Michael
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"Jessica L. Price" <jessicaprice@wisc.edu> wrote in message
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| Quote: | In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups, and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
Regards,
Jessica
My guess is that Adam and Eve covered themselves after eating of the fruit. |
Many take that to mean that they did not know sexuality prior to the fall.
However God told them to be fruitful and multiply before they ever ate the
fruit. The first time sex is mentioned is when Eve conceived Cain. Some take
that to mean that Adam and Eve didn't have sex in the garden but there's no
reason to believe that is so, the significance is that Cain was conceived
and born outside the garden. For others the garden symbolizes heaven and
since sex is viewed as something of this world, they can't believe that Adam
and Eve had sex in the garden.
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Libertarius
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2003 8:30 am Post subject: Re: Adam and Eve |
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Michael wrote:
| Quote: | In article <bgv3t0$rvbo9$1@ID-87237.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Scout Lady"
pjz2ofj02@sneakemail.com> wrote:
"Jessica L. Price" <jessicaprice@wisc.edu> wrote in message
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In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups, and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
Regards,
Jessica
My guess is that Adam and Eve covered themselves after eating of the fruit.
Many take that to mean that they did not know sexuality prior to the fall.
I would not agree, God told them to become one flesh, as they were before
the appearance of the woman taken from the man (Adam called her woman, God
renames her Eve later)
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===>So, they merged, with Woman becoming one of Man's ribs, so YHWH had
to perform that surgery to separate them again?
| Quote: | However God told them to be fruitful and multiply before they ever ate the
fruit.
Which verse? I can't find that.
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===>That is in the OTHER creation story (Chapter 1).
| Quote: | The first time sex is mentioned is when Eve conceived Cain.
And Abel. they were twins, some say by the same father, others say by two
different fathers.
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===>Different FATHERS?
I have heard of Adam having two women (Lillith & Eve), but never about
Eve having two MEN.
Of course none of it is in the Bible. -- L.
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| Quote: | Some take
that to mean that Adam and Eve didn't have sex in the garden but there's no
reason to believe that is so,
I agree with you.
the significance is that Cain was conceived
and born outside the garden.
So was Abel.
For others the garden symbolizes heaven and
since sex is viewed as something of this world, they can't believe that Adam
and Eve had sex in the garden.
The Scripture is silent as to the specific point, but since Scripture
advocates sex between the one flesh of a man and a woman, I would suspect
that it was part of the garden experience as well.
--
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pjz2ofj02@sneakemail.com> wrote:
"Jessica L. Price" <jessicaprice@wisc.edu> wrote in message
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In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups,
and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit
of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how
it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
Regards,
Jessica
My guess is that Adam and Eve covered themselves after eating of the
fruit.
Many take that to mean that they did not know sexuality prior to the
fall.
I would not agree, God told them to become one flesh, as they were before
the appearance of the woman taken from the man (Adam called her woman, God
renames her Eve later)
However God told them to be fruitful and multiply before they ever ate
the
fruit.
Which verse? I can't find that.
Genesis 1:28 |
| Quote: | The first time sex is mentioned is when Eve conceived Cain.
And Abel. they were twins, some say by the same father, others say by two
different fathers.
Do you have a verse which states Cain and Abel were twins? Let's look at |
Genesis 4
1
The man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain,
saying, "I have produced a man with the help of the LORD."
2
Next she bore his brother Abel. Abel became a keeper of flocks, and Cain a
tiller of the soil.
We really have no way of knowing whether Abel was born minutes later or
years later.
I'm not aware of anyone saying that Cain and Abel had different fathers.
Where does that come from?
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Adam begat Seth, and Seth begat a son. Question. Who did Seth
mate with?
"Scout Lady" <pj2ofj02@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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"Jessica L. Price" <jessicaprice@wisc.edu> wrote in message
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In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups, and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how
it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
Regards,
Jessica
My guess is that Adam and Eve covered themselves after eating of the
fruit.
Many take that to mean that they did not know sexuality prior to the fall.
However God told them to be fruitful and multiply before they ever ate the
fruit. The first time sex is mentioned is when Eve conceived Cain. Some
take
that to mean that Adam and Eve didn't have sex in the garden but there's
no
reason to believe that is so, the significance is that Cain was conceived
and born outside the garden. For others the garden symbolizes heaven and
since sex is viewed as something of this world, they can't believe that
Adam
and Eve had sex in the garden.
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On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 06:17:07 GMT, "X" <Subtenebrae-NOSPAM@yahoo.com>
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| Quote: | Adam begat Seth, and Seth begat a son. Question. Who did Seth
mate with?
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Don't top post, please.
However, the answer to your question is that Seth married one of his
younger sisters, obviously.
John W
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"Scout Lady" <pj2ofj02@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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"Jessica L. Price" <jessicaprice@wisc.edu> wrote in message
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In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups, and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how
it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
Regards,
Jessica
My guess is that Adam and Eve covered themselves after eating of the
fruit.
Many take that to mean that they did not know sexuality prior to the fall.
However God told them to be fruitful and multiply before they ever ate the
fruit. The first time sex is mentioned is when Eve conceived Cain. Some
take
that to mean that Adam and Eve didn't have sex in the garden but there's
no
reason to believe that is so, the significance is that Cain was conceived
and born outside the garden. For others the garden symbolizes heaven and
since sex is viewed as something of this world, they can't believe that
Adam
and Eve had sex in the garden.
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In article <bgvaj4$sju64$1@ID-87237.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Scout Lady"
<pjz2ofj02@sneakemail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | "Michael" <mikeburt@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
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In article <bgv3t0$rvbo9$1@ID-87237.news.uni-berlin.de>, "Scout Lady"
pjz2ofj02@sneakemail.com> wrote:
"Jessica L. Price" <jessicaprice@wisc.edu> wrote in message
news:bgklmj$h2p$1@news.doit.wisc.edu...
In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups,
and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit
of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how
it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
Regards,
Jessica
My guess is that Adam and Eve covered themselves after eating of the
fruit.
Many take that to mean that they did not know sexuality prior to the
fall.
I would not agree, God told them to become one flesh, as they were before
the appearance of the woman taken from the man (Adam called her woman, God
renames her Eve later)
However God told them to be fruitful and multiply before they ever ate
the
fruit.
Which verse? I can't find that.
Genesis 1:28 Sorry, I knew that, but Adam comes after the Sabbath, not
beforfe. |
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The first time sex is mentioned is when Eve conceived Cain.
And Abel. they were twins, some say by the same father, others say by two
different fathers.
Do you have a verse which states Cain and Abel were twins? Let's look at
Genesis 4
1
The man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain,
saying, "I have produced a man with the help of the LORD."
2
Next she bore his brother Abel.
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The Hebrew used for the AV 'And she again bare' is yalad yacaph which is
to continue and add to the labour.
Abel became a keeper of flocks, and Cain a
| Quote: | tiller of the soil.
We really have no way of knowing whether Abel was born minutes later or
years later.
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The Hebrew implies at the same time.
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I'm not aware of anyone saying that Cain and Abel had different fathers.
Where does that come from?
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Chapter 2:6b she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also
unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
You may also want to consider the meaning of the addition of the woman
touching the fruit of the tree, which was added to the law of God by
satan's influence. BTW, satan was not a snake, the Hebrew means shining
one, a bearer of (some) light.
and 3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy
seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his
heel.
Followed by 5:1* This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day
that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their
name Adam, in the day when they were created.
3* And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own
likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
Where is Cain?
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In article <DfHYa.465$Qs6.21043505@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, "X"
<Subtenebrae-NOSPAM@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Adam begat Seth, and Seth begat a son. Question. Who did Seth
mate with?
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One thought is that Seth could have mated with a sister, the DNA having
been possible at that time to do so without the problems later requiring
the addition of the law because of the mortality which was quickly
shortening life and the corruption of the DNA code, otherwise, Noah might
not have been perfect in his generations. However, under the law, a man
can mary any woman, women are restricted to marrying men from the same
'tribe', so Seth could have married another from Chapter 1 rendering Noah
perfect in his generations as the geanology is tracked through the xy
chromosome donor.
Cain mated with one of the families from Chapter 1 from which he built
the city.
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"Jessica L. Price" <jessicaprice@wisc.edu> wrote in message
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In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups, and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how
it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
Regards,
Jessica
My guess is that Adam and Eve covered themselves after eating of the
fruit.
Many take that to mean that they did not know sexuality prior to the fall.
However God told them to be fruitful and multiply before they ever ate the
fruit. The first time sex is mentioned is when Eve conceived Cain. Some
take
that to mean that Adam and Eve didn't have sex in the garden but there's
no
reason to believe that is so, the significance is that Cain was conceived
and born outside the garden. For others the garden symbolizes heaven and
since sex is viewed as something of this world, they can't believe that
Adam
and Eve had sex in the garden.
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"Jessica L. Price" <jessicaprice@wisc.edu> wrote in message
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| Quote: | In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups, and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
Regards,
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Well, it was sexual in nature at least as much as the importance of covering
themselves represents. They became aware of thier sexual natures for
certain.
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Robert Gau
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| Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2003 11:50 am Post subject: Re: Adam and Eve |
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I think the idea (and I might be acting quite idealistic here) is that
sex is SO amazing and beautiful that it should only be shared between
two people who share insurmountable love. That is why marriage is
sacred and sex before or without it is inherently wrong.
I know I sound like a thumper here, but I swear (hehehehee) I'm
just trying to make the most sense of it.
What do you think?
"Jessica L. Price" <jessicaprice@wisc.edu> wrote in message
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| Quote: | In my encounters with Christians, both on some of these newsgroups, and
elsewhere, I am constantly running into the assumption that the sin of
Adam and Eve, or the knowledge that they gained from eating the fruit of
the tree in the center of the garden, was somehow sexual in nature.
I'm curious as to where this assumption comes from, as I don't see how it
is textually supported.
Can you explain it to me? Atheist opinions are welcome as well, as I
suspect it may be as much cultural as religious.
Regards,
Jessica
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