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I read somewhere that it was a sort of allegory (duh, I guess), but the lesson was a little unusual.
There were no apples in that part of the world. The only fruit that fits the actual description in the bible is the pomegrenate (sp?). Coincidentally, (or, perhaps not), the seeds are a fairly potent form of birth control. So the apple represented the knowledge of how to have sex without consequences.
I have wondered about this analogy a lot, and it makes sense......sortof. But like most ancient stories in the bible, I feel that there was probably a strong social reason for including it. My thoughts are that perhaps in addition to acting as a contraceptive, the seeds may have caused birth defects in the babies that were concieved anyway, hence their becoming taboo and subsequently birth control in general....
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"All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act out their dream with open eyes, to make it possible." Seven Pillars of Wisdom, T.E. Lawrence
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