wat is the forbidden fruit? for real?

Answer 1

Wow. What confusion reigns in the minds of mortals. As I read the answers given thus far, I wonder where such ideas come from? The answers you received so far fall into three categories.

First, the belief that somehow sex is equated with the origin of sin. How can that be when God commanded Adam and Eve to be fruitful and multiply before they sinned? I think it is guilt speaking that translates original sin into sex, not the Bible.

Second, those who, in seeking to exorcise God from history and the Bible, explain away the meaning of Adam and Eve. They would have one believe that the early chapters of the Bible are mythological or are oral traditions passed on that changed with time. On what are such hypotheses based other than an unwillingness to accept the Bible as accurate? Certainly, such arguments cannot be made from a study of the Genesis account or from the rest of the Bible.

The third category are those who have a belief in the Bible, but they have misunderstood it. All of these can be categorized by the word "apple." As one writer put it, the connection between apple and the tree came, not from the biblical text, but from misinterpretations and conjecture (why do we have an "Adam's apple?").

The term forbidden fruit is not a biblical term, but it is a reflection of the biblical concept. God said not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Obviously, this tree was a unique tree and its fruit was a unique fruit. The purpose of the tree and its fruit was not that the fruit itself imparted knowledge, but that the partaking of the fruit, which was an act of rebellion against God, a decision that the human being made based on a desire to become god-like, would lead to a knowledge of the full consequences of such behavior. The creature cannot become the Creator, nor the finite become infinite.

For instance, a parent tells a child not to climb up on a rickety pile of stuff, not because the rickety pile of stuff is bad in itself, but the consequences of climbing it will lead to a fall and injury. Thus, the pile of rickety stuff becomes forbidden fruit, something the child wants because he/she was told she/he couldn't have it.

Thus, the term forbidden fruit has taken on the meaning that we desire what we have been told we should not have, especially when we have been told that for our own good. Still we want it.

Answer 2

1. I'm not sure Satan realized the outcome of what he'd done. I think you're giving the devil too much credit for "thinking ahead". 2. Our neighbor, who'd been on dialysis for approximately five years, decided he would come to the church that many of us attended. The pastor prayed for him to receive a new kidney and shortly thereafter one became available and he had a kidney transplant. Sure, you could write that off to "coincidence" but there's more to the story than what I have space to share 3. God's timing is not our timing. There is a reason that the devil is allowed to continue his deceptions, though I have no clear answer from scripture I can give you. Hopefully a theologian will step up on this one. 4. I don't think it was God's intent to let us suffer, but He wanted to show why obedience to Him is worth it. Worshipping the God that created all things good is certainly not a bad thing to do, is it? 5. I admit to having difficulty imagining how a God of love can send people to hell, since scripture indicate either your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life or you are cast into the fire of hell. However, I believe that God is a PERFECT judge and in the end, not one single person will be able to say, "hey, that's not fair!". I wish you well on your thesis.

Answer 3

forbidden fruit is something that you will have pleasure doing but will have heartache following the fruit mentioned in the book of genesis may not have been an apple the bible says she took of the fruit and ate it people asume it was a apple because of the way apple and evil are similar in old testament language, but the saying dont eat of the forbidden fruit is saying dont take or touch something that is not yours or you have no right to have

Answer 4

The forbidden fruit talk of in genesis is the knowledge of good and evil. Genesis 2:17 = but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of GOOD and EVIL, for when you eat of it you will surely die." It is a metaphor. My take on its meaning is that setting aside what we consider to be right and wrong, the contrast creates good and evil, even though they are only subjective.

Answer 5

The "Forbidden Fruit" refers to the Apple Eve ate in the "Garden of Eden." It has since become a metaphor for anything that shouldn't be partaken of, especially another man's wife or another woman's husband.

Answer 6

It is possible that it took so many centuries for this story to develop in its oral form before it got fossilized into its current written form. Originally it might have been a simple parable that teaches the lesson of the importance of being responsible -- the gardeners are not being responsible in the story. Later, as it came down through centuries it got further modified by so many people. Today, it is almost impossible for us to decipher all those meanings those story tellers and editors put into that story. If you are really interested to pursue this matter further, I would encourage you click on the following links and read them

Answer 7

I assume you mean the fruit mentioned in genesis about the adam and eve in the garden of eden incident?
The fruit itself was an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. It represented man's possession of knowledge outside of the divine (wordly knowledge). Eating of the fruit of the tree showed God that Adam and Eve wanted more than what god was offering them in the garden; they wanted knowledge of self, knowledge of the world, and knowledge of sin (doing wrong against god).
It was forbidden as a test by god for adam and eve to see if they were content with preternatural gifts and existence. They were tempted by the serpent and gave in. This broke the preternatual existence and left them with a natural one with a hope of a supernatural existence after death.

Answer 8

Forbidden fruit is metaphorical. It is not an actual thing, as in one thing that can be named. It's something that tastes/seems sweet but will cause more problems than it's worth in the long run, such as promiscuity.

Answer 9

Forbidden fruit is just a old saying. Most men refer to it when they are chasing married woman around!!! Such Pigs!!

Answer 10

If you are asking about adam & eve and the tree of knowledge,It wasn't really a tree or the fruit,it was allegory about adam and eve succumbing to temptation,losing their unity awareness of God "all things are God" and began to "see" duality,Good & evil.The forbidden fruit is mankinds false sense of self, separate from God. "God dwells within you as you"