The apples in the Garden of Eden (genesis, quote, Biblical)

[nezlie]

Now science finally helps us to make better sense about the prohibition in the Garden by God from eating the apples from the tree. It seems like the odds were stacked against Eve right from the start. That Creator.......... such a guy!

A new study published in Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics suggests that eating more apples leads to better sex for women.

New Study Says Eating Apples May Increase Sexual Pleasure In Women

[Eusebius]

Originally Posted by nezlie

Now science finally helps us to make better sense about the prohibition in the Garden by God from eating the apples from the tree. It seems like the odds were stacked against Eve right from the start. That Creator.......... such a guy!

The historic account of Genesis does not say apples were the forbidden fruit Adam or Eve were not to partake of.

[Age-enduring]

Perhaps here's an appropriate moment to suggest it was sexual sin, that was the main problem that occured in the garden, otherwise why were the loins covered, or the bloodline polluted, ...thus requiring perfect blood for a ransome.

[baystater]

Originally Posted by nezlie

Now science finally helps us to make better sense about the prohibition in the Garden by God from eating the apples from the tree. It seems like the odds were stacked against Eve right from the start. That Creator.......... such a guy!

Hold up! Important question? What type of apples did they use in the study? Need to get some of those.

[nezlie]

Originally Posted by baystater

Hold up! Important question? What type of apples did they use in the study? Need to get some of those.

It's found in the skin of all apples... phloridzin...... should have been called phlorid-sin? For those that don't like apples, some company out there probably markets the extract in pills or tablets.

[Amaznjohn]

Originally Posted by Eusebius

The historic account of Genesis does not say apples were the forbidden fruit Adam or Eve were not to partake of.

What fruit were they?

[Eusebius]

Originally Posted by Amaznjohn

What fruit were they?

Fruit of the Loom underwear.

[mordant]

Originally Posted by Amaznjohn

What fruit were they?

It is only described as "fruit". The implication is that the tree was a singleton, a one-off species.

My wife and I watched the movie Noah last night. In flashbacks to the Fall, the fruit is depicted as a sort of apple-pomegranate hybrid which pulsed like a beating heart.*

The eating of the fruit is of course a metaphor for the loss of innocence through the acquisition of self-awareness. This subtlety is lost on literalists. Self awareness is both a blessing and a curse.

* (In case anyone wonders, the movie is over-long and makes the flood legend seem more rather than less ridiculous. Rock monsters inserted to make the kids happy, and the animals on the ark were all anesthetized to answer the questions of where all the manure went and how a crew of eight -- reduced to six plus a stowaway by the movie's liberties with the Biblical narrative -- managed to shovel it all for months).

[baystater]

Originally Posted by nezlie

It's found in the skin of all apples... phloridzin...... should have been called phlorid-sin? For those that don't like apples, some company out there probably markets the extract in pills or tablets.

Phlorizin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Phloretin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Interesting looks like it used to be used for type 2 diabetes but was replaced. Haven't read the literature yet...but wondering if heighten libido was a side effect?

[Richard1965]

Originally Posted by Age-enduring

Perhaps here's an appropriate moment to suggest it was sexual sin, that was the main problem that occured in the garden, otherwise why were the loins covered, or the bloodline polluted, ...thus requiring perfect blood for a ransome.

Eve was cheating on Adam?...