what was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of eden?????

Question

I think it was sex.

Answer 1

it was a fruit, but that's not the point God wanted adem and eve to obey him, he said you can have everything in the garden but that one tree don't touch... but they did not listen so God kicked them out of the garden forever...

Answer 2

The Book of Enoch 31:4, purporting to be written by the antediluvian prophet Enoch, describes the Tree of Knowledge: "It was like a species of the Tamarind tree, bearing fruit which resembled grapes extremely fine; and its fragrance extended to a considerable distance. I exclaimed, How beautiful is this tree, and how delightful is its appearance!" In the Talmud, Rabbi Meir says that the fruit was a grape (Brachot 40a). Some commentators suggest that Eve actually made, and drank, wine.

Also in the Talmud, Rabbi Nechemia says that the fruit was a fig. Adam and Eve used fig leaves to cover themselves after eating the fruit (Genesis 3:7). Perhaps this was because the leaves were nearby, or perhaps it shows God creating the cure before the illness, i.e. the same tree that caused the problem was then used to remedy it. Another explanation lies within the "fruit" of the fig tree, the fig itself, which is not actually a fruit but rather a flower of sorts, serving as the tree's genitalia.

Another Talmudic interpretation, expressed by Rabbi Yehuda, is that the fruit was wheat.

In Western Christian art, the fruit is most commonly depicted as an apple. One possible reason for this arises from a medieval pun. It was a source of humor to monks that the Latin word for evil was similar to the word for apple. Thus it was often said that by eating the malus (apple), Eve contracted malum (evil). There is, however, no textual or historical evidence by which to argue the literalness of this image.

Ethno-botanists have proposed the iboga plant (Tabernanthe iboga) as the Tree of Knowledge. The bark of the root contains a dissociative substance, ibogaine, which has been traditionally used in Bwiti religious ceremony in Central Africa. Other hallucinogens, in particular the Fly agaric mushroom, have also been proposed as the Tree.

Answer 3

God had clearly said to Eden and Eva not to eat the forbidden fruit which was an APPLE.

But the snake tricked them into eating it, thats why we were all born..

it wasn't the apple but the dishonor

Answer 4

The exact fruit wasn't identified in the Bible, it just says the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. Hmmm, I'll ask God when I get up there. =p

Answer 5

The Bible doesn't specify the fruit, though artists have their own ideas. It wasn't sex though. God made sex- it was ordained by HIM. He commanded Adam and Eve to mulitply (their children). The marrige bed is undefiled, and within the bonds of marrige, sex is a beautiful, wonderful thing!! It's a gift.

Answer 6

One version of the story made it a pomegranate, not an apple. Which makes a lot more sense given the climate in the Middle East, and is sexier, too.

Answer 7

Tom Cruise.

Answer 8

Juice of the sweetest fruit on gods earth.

Answer 9

It was the fruit, but the whole issue was based on if they could be "trusted" to not eat the fruit.

Answer 10

Not necessarily an apple, the idea was to have a law to give the 'first couple' a choice. They could obey or not.