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The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story

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The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story
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RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story
April 22, 2013 at 7:27 am
(April 22, 2013 at 3:39 am)Dragonetti Wrote: Why is the fruit of knowledge always portrayed as an Apple? Seems like they should be band from the diet.

I am still waiting for my talking snake!

The apple is a western European thing but likely not universal. In the eastern Med region it is a pomegranate, aka fertility, aka sex. One might look for apple as aphrodisiac when it was chosen as the anonymous fruit.
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The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story

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The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by A_Nony_Mouse - April 21, 2013 at 12:15 pm
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by Kayenneh - April 21, 2013 at 12:16 pm
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by catfish - April 21, 2013 at 12:17 pm
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by Kayenneh - April 21, 2013 at 12:28 pm
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by Kayenneh - April 21, 2013 at 12:37 pm
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by Tonus - April 21, 2013 at 1:49 pm
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by Cato - April 21, 2013 at 1:49 pm
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by A_Nony_Mouse - April 22, 2013 at 7:27 am
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by archangle - April 22, 2013 at 8:01 am
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by catfish - April 22, 2013 at 8:07 pm
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by catfish - April 22, 2013 at 8:32 pm
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by catfish - April 22, 2013 at 8:34 pm
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by Tonus - April 22, 2013 at 8:36 pm
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by catfish - April 22, 2013 at 8:42 pm
RE: The Origin of the Garden of Eden Story - by catfish - April 22, 2013 at 8:45 pm

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