They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple

[Iron Woode]

I know it was her Pink Cadillac

:thumbsup:



I love that song.

 

[OutHouse]

the apple is a metaphore for sex.

but the pink caddy is sweet, i would be a proud owner of that if i could.

 

[Nik]

The "apple" was not used as a medaphore for sex in the Bible.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Citrix
the apple is a metaphore for sex.

but the pink caddy is sweet, i would be a proud owner of that if i could.

the christian right doesn't like the idea of metaphors.... genesis = totally literal word of Godzorz!!1!

EDIT:

Originally posted by: GuideBot
The "apple" was not used as a medaphore for sex in the Bible.

see?

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: GuideBot
The "apple" was not used as a medaphore for sex in the Bible.

Please enlighten those of us who are not familiar with the Bible.

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: GuideBot
The "apple" was not used as a medaphore for sex in the Bible.

yea man... it was medaphore!

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: GuideBot
The "apple" was not used as a medaphore for sex in the Bible.

Please enlighten those of us who are not familiar with the Bible.

Eve tempted Adam with the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

no actual fruit is named.

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: acegazda

Originally posted by: GuideBot
The "apple" was not used as a medaphore for sex in the Bible.

yea man... it was medaphore!

haha i was waiting for someone to chime in on that horrible misspelling

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: GuideBot
The "apple" was not used as a medaphore for sex in the Bible.

Please enlighten those of us who are not familiar with the Bible.

I have never heard this (fruit being a metaphor of sex), and I have read the Bible front to back once, genesis in about 3 different translations, and taken classes in Old Testament studies. Apple is not even mentioned, just fruit.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: GuideBot
The "apple" was not used as a medaphore for sex in the Bible.

Please enlighten those of us who are not familiar with the Bible.

Eve tempted Adam with the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

no actual fruit is named.

So maybe it was "carnal knowledge"?

Yeah sweet caddy BTW.

 

[Mo0o]

Don't some scholars say it was more likely to be a pomegranate from some reason or other?

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: GuideBot
The "apple" was not used as a medaphore for sex in the Bible.

Please enlighten those of us who are not familiar with the Bible.

I have never heard this (apple being a metaphor of sex), and I have read the Bible front to back once, genesis in about 3 different translations, and taken classes in Old Testament studies.

wow, really? you honestly never heard of or even THOUGHT of the possibility that the creation story was a metaphor for evolution and the apple was a metaphor for sex??

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Don't some scholars say it was more likely to be a pomegranate from some reason or other?

yeah, but white people dominated christianity and made it an apple.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Don't some scholars say it was more likely to be a pomegranate from some reason or other?

yeah, but white people dominated christianity and made it an apple.

damn those white people!

 

[acegazda]

For the record, my bad joke aside...
the apple doesn't symolize sex, it symbolizes arrogance. Eve wanted to be like God, meaning she wasn't happy with who she was as God made her = arrogance.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Why is there something to tempt both of them in the first place?

 

[zerocool84]

yep women create all the worlds problems........................................................joking

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: StrangerGuy
Why is there something to tempt both of them in the first place?

in order for them to do the nasty and create life. that's why it's a metaphor sex... not arrogance. God knew that if adam and eve didn't get it on and have kids and create the human race, he'd be bored to tears with hardly anything to do... which defeats the purpose of life being created altogether (according to some christian beliefs).

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: GuideBot
The "apple" was not used as a medaphore for sex in the Bible.

Please enlighten those of us who are not familiar with the Bible.

Eve tempted Adam with the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

no actual fruit is named.

What, exactly was this "Tree of Knowledge"?

 

[eits]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: GuideBot
The "apple" was not used as a medaphore for sex in the Bible.

Please enlighten those of us who are not familiar with the Bible.

Eve tempted Adam with the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

no actual fruit is named.

What, exactly was this "Tree of Knowledge"?

tree of knowledge of good and evil... basically, it erases all innocence and sinlessness. after that, they had knowledge of good and evil. basically, it changed them from being robots to conscious humans.... but, then again, in my opinion, it's all a metaphor.

in my opinion, the tree of knowledge between good and evil symbolizes the mental evolution of animals to humans... eating the apple symbolizes procreation in the new age of knowing the difference of right and wrong, which is something lower animals can't do.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: GuideBot
The "apple" was not used as a medaphore for sex in the Bible.

Please enlighten those of us who are not familiar with the Bible.

Eve tempted Adam with the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

no actual fruit is named.

What, exactly was this "Tree of Knowledge"?

tree of knowledge of good and evil... basically, it erases all innocence and sinlessness. after that, they had knowledge of good and evil. basically, it changed them from being robots to conscious humans.... but, then again, in my opinion, it's all a metaphor.

in my opinion, the tree of knowledge between good and evil symbolizes the mental evolution of animals to humans... eating the apple symbolizes procreation in the new age of knowing the difference of right and wrong, which is something lower animals can't do.

This is the "original sin" so often talked about by Christians.

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: acegazda
. Eve wanted to be like God, meaning she wasn't happy with who she was as God made her = arrogance.

I wonder how many people are happy as God made them? God gave us free will to strive to do bigger, better, different things. By His own rules, we are free to change ourselves as we feel like it, for better or worse.

 

[acegazda]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: acegazda
. Eve wanted to be like God, meaning she wasn't happy with who she was as God made her = arrogance.

I wonder how many people are happy as God made them? God gave us free will to strive to do bigger, better, different things. By His own rules, we are free to change ourselves as we feel like it, for better or worse.

I don't necessarily believe that, but I remember a scripture lecture I had last thursday on the topic. That's supposably what the church wants you to believe.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: acegazda
. Eve wanted to be like God, meaning she wasn't happy with who she was as God made her = arrogance.

I wonder how many people are happy as God made them? God gave us free will to strive to do bigger, better, different things. By His own rules, we are free to change ourselves as we feel like it, for better or worse.

I'm not sure that free will applied to Eden like it does on earth. Or maybe it did...

After all we're just as free to screw ourselves over as eve apparently was. I would assume that being free to do something doesn't mean that we are free of the consequences of our actions.

In essence "we are free to change ourselves as we feel like it, for better or worse".

 

[Eli]

Good gawd.

At first I was going to call you all geeks, because I thought we were talking about some new MMORPG.

Then I realized we were talking about religion. Doh.

No offense, but how can any of you believe any of that crap?

It sounds absolutely ridiculous, a little less so if you look at it metaphorically.. but still.