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nxylas

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49. I don't think it translates into a blanket ban on apples

Reply to awoke_in_2003 (Reply #31)

Fri Aug 14, 2015, 03:47 AM

Aug 2015

In fact, the Garden of Eden narrative doesn't specifically mention apples, it just says "fruit". The use of apples is just an artistic convention dating back to, I think, the renaissance.

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Well, the original "sin" awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #31

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You mean to say awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #40

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I have heard it both ways awoke_in_2003 Aug 2015 #41

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I don't think it translates into a blanket ban on apples nxylas Aug 2015 #49

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