Is was eve who convinced Adam to eat the apple. Why should men be blamed for women´s selfishness?
465149
Remember that the Bible was continuously rewritten "translated" by men, Need I say more?
1069537
He was as fooled as Eve and as guilty. He was standing right there when Eve picked and ate the fruit. HE didn't even try to stop her. But as a coward he waited to se if she died before he ate.
54676
I think one of the main reasons is because if he can convince Eve, he knows that she can convince Adam. Women have a strong influence over "their man", and Satan knows that.
219361
Seduced does not have to mean sexually.  I can seduce you with money, power, food, etc.  \n\nAs to the "apple" thing...\n\nThe fruit is mentioned in Genesis, obviously, but it is the "fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil."  The idea of calling it an apple started, to my knowledge, with Dante's Divine Comedy.
1150628
No, Eve was not created with Adam.  There is the legend of Lilith, the first woman, she refused to do what Adam told her and she flew off to eventually marry Salathiel (an Angel gone bad) and they had some hellashish creature babies.  OOOOOO now the Christians are gonna jump me, they ought to check out how many of each kind of animal was on the ark, and who really killed Goliath, and were did the Sons of Anak come from if all the giants died in the flood.  Just a few inconsistencies in that great book.  But I believe in what is right, my own version, and if their versions every denomination can be "the way," then so can mine, but only for me!  Thanks man, this was fun.
1006606
First question...I am a very feminist "Christian" and I believe that God is both, since there is both male and female...if all of us are created in God's image, then women are also...hence the both sexes present.\nSecond question...to most people that have studied the Bible, original sin IS NOT Eve's fault. It is the fault of Adam. He lied to Eve about what God had said about the Tree of Knowledge and when it came time to "confess" Adam blamed Eve for everything and also (and I'm paraphrasing here) called God an idiot for making her. Also according to Jewish Law and Myth, a man is always held accountable for a womans actions.\nThird question...there is a Bible called the Jeromes Bible, it was translated by St. Jerome and he took the original Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew text word for word in the translation...the reason I bring that translation up is because women are not as "negatively" portraited as in some other translations. Sure you still have Jezebel, Deliha, and all those other honeys...but when women are discussed, it is not as "irrational" as some other translations.\nWhat you have to remember is that we don't honestly know what is in the original text...the Bible has become corrupted by man and HIS own dogma and ideology. The most important thing about faith is to know what you believe in and to use the bible as a guide...not as faith itself. \nGod does not hate women, nor is He indifferent to them. He made as all, both sexes, equal...Eve was taken from Adams rib, not from his feet to be above him, or from his feet to be below him; but from his rib, to be equal to him. That is something we all must remember.
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It was Just Adam not Eve\nEve was not create yet \nIt was all the fruit of the tree not just \nan apple and the apple was not an apple \nit was the apricot. there is not any apples and never were apple in \nThat part of the country\n\n16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: \n 17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. \n 18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. \n 19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. \n 20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. \n 21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; \n 22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. \n 23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. \n 24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. \n 25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed\n\nThe real question were was Adam when Eve was Talking to the \nSnake   and  Why was Eve talking to a Snake anyway ?\n\n\nPaul did not say women  could not teacher  \nHe said they can not be in placed of leadership
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I don't see how having a wife would make him less perfect. That does not mean he lusted, God created Eve for Adam, so why would he not create someone for Jesus? And remember Eve was created for Adam BEFORE sin existed, so how could having a companion be a sin?
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Somewhat, it appears to be aproduct of an earlier time.  In the New Testament, however, it seems as if the women become increasingly more prominent.  And let's not forget Ruth, or was it Esther, whom God deemed fit to be a judge in the OT.  No, I don't believe Eve is to blame for everything that went wrong.  My own church is Presbyterian, here in Bakersfield.  I will perhaps shock you, but I call myself a gnostic Christian, "one who knows, and cannot be shaken from off of his positions."  You are a beautiful child of God, and I cherish your answers to my questions.\n                                                           ----sincerely, UC also-married EagleSteve (Rev 4)
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Because adam and eve didn't exist. It's a bullshit story. It was written by a man who thought he was better than women.
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This is all assuming there was a place called the Garden of Eden, that Adam and Eve are the ancestors of all mankind, and that some control freak God gave them paradise, and then put one restriction on it. Awfully manipulative don'cha think?\nI sometimes wonder it that story wasn't created to explain why we don't all live in "paradise". What did "we" do to anger our God so that he would leave us in this sometimes harsh reality?\n\nCouldn't the big G, just give us a place to live of peace and tranquilty where we could live out or days happy and content?\n\nNo, you can only know up if you know down, you can only know right when you know left, you know night when you know day.... etc.\nLife is experience, life is choices, life is choosing to do more for others than you do for yourself or to choose only to care for your needs.\nIt was Man's test of himself (the apple I mean) not God's test of Man's loyalty or listening skills.\n\nIn the end I believe man wants to be challenged, he wishes to fight, seeks adventure, and suffers because of it, yet he also gains satisfaction and assuredness about his place in the universe.
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The Bible says Adam was the first man ... not the ONLY man.  We just hear so much about Adam because he was the first guy on the block.  It wouldn't make any sense to make billions of type of animals and only 2 humans.  (3 if you count Lilith ... Judaism says Adam had a wife before Eve, but they fought about who got to be on top during sex ... do God made Eve, a more docile wife for Adam)\n\nThere were other humans that God made, we just don't hear about them.  Cain married one of these other people.
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Your question got me thinking, but it's impossible to answer. To be safe (even though I'm not a Fundamentalist Christian) I'll say Eve who, along with her partner-in-crime Adam, started the whole notion of "corruption."\n\nI know it's a pretty lame answer, but I can't wait to read some others!
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The story of Adam and Eve was just that ... A story. It was told to make a point in spiritual truth, not as a real history. The point being that when we follow ego we seem separated from Deity. The writer of Genesis simply used Satan as a metaphor for that portion of the human mind that forms the illusion of separation, which thing we call ego. Its just a difference in terminology based on language and culture. The principle truth remains the same. God loving people in no way negates cause and effect. We do things. That's the cause. If we make bad choices we suffer the consequences. That's the effect. Cause and effect is a simple Universal law. Its not a punishment, its just the way things work. If we make good choices we can put that law of cause and effect to work for us rather than against us and instead of suffering the consequences of our actions we can reap the rewards. Which things are a matter of perception. But understanding this helps keep ego (Satan, our own "lower" nature) in check and make appropriate choices in life. ;-) ~ Peace & Blessings ~
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well, the Christian church believes that women are sinful, weak creatures and owned by their husbands.  I'd say that's an issue.\n\n"In Genesis chapter 3, God punishes Eve, and all women for thousands of years, with greatly increased pain during childbirth. No such pain is inflicted on Adam. \n\nIn Ephesians 5:22-24 we find this: "Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything." \n\nIn 1 Peter 3:7 we find: "Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers." "\n\nSay "the church" was vague though.  in Wicca, women are worshipped as the creators of life.
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Greetings.  First, it doesn't say that the "forbidden fruit" was an apple.  Second, it doesn't say that the "forbidden fruit" had anything to do with sex, intercourse or reproduction.  It was the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" that they were not to eat from (Genesis 3:1-8).  I think there is some symbolism in this passage and shouldn't be taken too literally.  Whatever the case, it was the ONLY fruit they were forbidden to eat.  The essence of the story is that it was disobedience and thus sin, a sin that brought separation between God and man.  The beautiful thing about the passage is that God gives a promise in Genesis 3:15 of a coming Deliverer (the "Emnity" he is called).  This Deliverer, whom both Jews and Christians believe to be a Messiah will deliver mankind from the spell of sin and the evil one and restore the world to it's original order.  As a side note, that is why genealogies become so important in the Bible.  Hope that helps.
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no.  God made Eve so Adam could have a partner, why would God restrict them from the very reason why he made her?