If it was really apple why was having sex called original sin, why baptism?
2006-09-03 07:51:46 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Then why did God tell them to fill the earth and subdue it b4 they sinned? Or were they to do it in some magical ways?
See Gen 1.28
2006-09-03 07:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by Redeemed 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's a really good question.
Could be that it was sex instead of a literal fruit. I say that if that's what you get out of reading the account in Genesis, then go with that.
It is my personal opinion that reading the bible is your own personal conversation with God. Don't let anyone else tell you that their interpritation is the only interpritation.
If you feel that is correct, in your heart, then there is a reason for that. Why else did Jesus speak in parables when preaching to the crowds? It was so they would have to actually think about what was being said, and not just excepting the words for the words sake.
Excellent question.
2006-09-03 14:58:21 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Show me a biblical reference where sex is referred to as "origional sin."
God wanted man to be fruitful and multiply. Sex was created for man's enjoyment. However, once adam & eve sinned, they realized that they were naked and were ashamed. They ran off and covered their nakedness. Sex through sinful eyes then became "dirty' something to be ashamed of.
2006-09-03 15:03:39 · answer #3 · answered by Barbara M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OK, so if the "Fruit" is actually sex and Eve tempted Adam with the "fruit" and Satan tempted Eve with the "fruit" then Eve had sex with the devil?
2006-09-03 14:59:54 · answer #4 · answered by Eye of Innocence 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It a parable once man began to think abstract thoughts the freedom and innocence of the animal world was lost to him.
Tammi Dee
2006-09-03 14:57:59 · answer #5 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sex is not a sin. falling into satan's tricks is. God told adam and eve not to eat from that apple tree, but satan told eve to and to share with adam.
2006-09-03 14:54:51 · answer #6 · answered by Krissi 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its really a metaphor for mankind gaining knowledge about the world... when mankind "came out of the trees", and a loss of innocence about the way mankind viewed the world.
2006-09-03 14:55:38 · answer #7 · answered by Paul H 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I THINK THAT THE STORY OF ADAM AND EVE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST ORAL TRADITIONS IN THE WORLD PASSED DOWN FROM THE BEGINNING OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE AND REFERS TO THE EVOLUTION AND MIGRATION OF OUR EARLIEST ANCESTOR LEAVING THE PROTECTION AND ABUNDANCE OF THE JUNGLE OF THE CONGO FOR THE HARSH DESERT PLAINS, IN AFRICA. JUST A THEORY THOUGH.
2006-09-03 15:09:45 · answer #8 · answered by crazycelt@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither.
It's all just symbolism. I know there's a lot of people who did disagree, but the bible is set up to be a highlight of morals, not facts.
2006-09-03 14:58:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they better have had sex god commanded them to before they ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
2006-09-03 17:01:29 · answer #10 · answered by Dionsays 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋