Who started the idea that eve ate an apple in the garden does anyone know where this actually originated?
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Remember, men wrote the bible...regardless of the fact that it may have been "influenced" by God...it was still men.\n\nHad God decided to influence a group of women to write the bible (or if a group of women just did it...whatever) it would have been Adam who ate the fruit, men who serve women, etc etc.
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Yes, there is and yes, it was.  We have always had a choice.  Eve didn't HAVE  to eat the fruit.  She CHOSE to eat the fruit.  As a result, women suffer during childbirth.  You can either choose to believe in God, or you can choose not to.  See where I'm going with this?
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The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Bad is not known, and besides, it wasn't the fruit itself that was the problem...it was Adam and Eve's obedience that was the issue!
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The fall of Adam and Eve was from disobeying God.\n\nIt wasnt about what they did, because there was only one thing that they could not do, and that was touch or eat from the tree of the Knowledge of good and evil.\n\nAdam possessed much knowledge, ( he named all the animals)\n\nThere were only two humans on the earth at the time of the fall and God had already told them to go forth and be fruitful and multiply, so Sex could have never been an issue, as it was not forbidden.
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Very good question!  Nowhere in the bible does it say that the tree of knowledge was an apple tree.  How rediculous does that sound?  The apple and the apple tree was simply an artists rendering of what s/he thought the event would have looked like.  The artwork was probably done sometime in the 8th century in Europe anyway.
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How are you still alive?\nSo, how did you come up with the gravity idea?\nDid the apple really fall on your head or is that just a stupid story?\nHow do you back up your theories if you are the first one to come up with the theory?
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I want to add to your details:\n\nIf they ate an apple from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, it was impossible for them to know that it was wrong to eat the apple anyway, since they acquired the knowledge of good and evil only AFTER eating the apple?\n\nGod told them not to eat the apple. Well, perhaps they wouldn't if they knew that it would be -wrong- to eat the apple.\n\n"God tells Adam and Eve not to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.  If this was the only way they could understand the difference between good and evil, how could they have known that it was wrong to disobey God and eat the fruit?"  ~Laurie Lynn\n\nGod isn't very omniscient or omnipotent if he cannot predict Adam and Eve's behavior in advance.
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No, the word "apple" doesn't appear in this Biblical account.  Instead, the KJV uses the word "fruit."  \n\nPeace.
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well mythology speaks of adam as the first human on this planet. hence the answer is man. eve was supposed to be fashioned from adam's rib. so probably she came later!
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Johnny Appleseed in real life was one John Chapman, born on September 26,1774 near Leominster, Massachusetts. Little is known of his early life, but he apparently received a good education which helped him in his later years. By the time he was 25 years old, he had become a nursery man and had planted apple trees in the western portions of New York and Pennsylvania. Some of the orchards in those areas were said to have originated with his apple trees.\n\nWhen the rich and fertile lands lying south of the Great Lakes and west of the Ohio river were opened for settlement in the early 1800's, John Chapman was among the very first to explore the new territory. This was the Northwest Territory from which the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois were later formed. For nearly half a century Johnny Appleseed roamed his territory. When settlers arrived, they found John Chapman's young apple trees ready for sale. In the years that followed, he became known as the Apple Tree Man, or Johnny Appleseed.\n\nHis manner of operation was simple. He went into the wildreness with a bag of apple seeds on his back until he found a likely spot for planting. There he would clear the land by chopping out weeds and brush by hand. Then he planted his apple seeds in neat rows and built a brush fence around the area to keep out straying animals. His nurseries varied in size. Some were only an acre or so, others covered many acres.\n\nHe did all of the work himself, living alone for weeks at a time with only the Indians and wild animals for companionship. He never carried a gun or weapon of any kind. He was a deeply religious man who lived by the Golden Rule and had no fear of man or beast. Indians accepted him as a friend, and he is reputed to have talked at times to the wild animals who watched him as he worked in his nurseries. Undoubtedly, they sensed his kind and gentle nature. Once, it is reported, he was caught in a snow storm and crept into a hollow fallen tree for shelter. He found it occupied by a hibernating bear and her cubs, but spent the night there nonetheless. There is no report, however, of how much space he kept between them and himself.\n\nJohn Chapman was a practical businessman as well as a sincere Christian. Somewhere, somehow, he had caught a vision of the winderness blossoming with apple trees, orchard after orchard of carefully nurtured trees, whose fragrant blossoms gave promise of a fruitful harvest for the settlers. Willingly he endured the hardships of his wilderness life as he worked to make his dream come true. His sturdy young trees lightened the hearts and lifted the spirits of many settlers, for there is a suggestion of a permanent and loving home when one plants fruit trees around a cabin.\n\nHe sold his trees for a few pennies each, accepting any of the coins current on the frontier. Some had no cash, and from those he accepted a simple promise to pay at a later date. Few failed to keep their word. He sometimes accepted payment in used clothing.\n\nAs he was a small man, his bartered clothing usually fit him poorly. This led to some of the humorous descriptions of his appearance in those early years. Like many of the settlers, he went barefooted a great deal because shoes were hard to come by and seldom fit his tough gnarled feet. As he ate no meat, he carried a stewpot or kettle with him. In this he could gather nuts or berries in season, carry water, get milk from a settler's cow, boil potatoes, or drop a handful of coarse-ground meal into the boiling water to make an unpalatable but nourishing meal. He has been pictured wearing such a pot on his head, but more likely he kept it tied to his pack rather than let it bounce on his head.\n\nHe preferred to walk, carrying his precious apple seeds and the simplest of camping gear on his back. He also used a boat, canoe, or raft to transfer larger loads of seeds along the many waterways. Customarily, he obtained his apple seeds every fall. At first, he
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if eve did not bite the fruit, she would not ask adam to eat it. Then they will  end up having a talk, look passively at each other then grin , tell in their mind" this is borin" say good bye n would have gone in two different ways. \n  and we all would not have born in this damn world!!!.
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well methodical scientist have traced the location of Eden back to Egypt along with the very first case of homo-erectus (i know, it sounds gross doesn't it?) so if Adam and eve were in fact the first man and woman they were tan just as the Egyptians are.
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From what I've read so far, Lilith was created, but she pissed God off, so He tossed her out of Eden and created Eve.  There's a theory that outside of Eden, Lilith mated with the natural beings of earth, creating the race of men that Cain eventually met up with.
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She came from the next valley, I think it was called the Valley of Vosgo.  \n\nDon't make the mistake of thinking Adam and Eve and their kids were the only ones around.  When God was making Adam and Eve, he was over in the next valley making Mick and Irma and their kids, and not long after he was in another area making Jess and Bess and their kids.  \n\nThe Bible only talks about Adam and Eve cause they are the ones whence proceeded the line that involved Abraham and his ilk.\n\nAbraham had wives and concubines and lived to a ripe old age.  Then came Isaac who was rather large and half blind, and recognized people by feeling their faces.  \n\nAnything else you want to know?
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bcs that's how God created Eve
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Though the forbidden fruit in the book of Genesis (Chap 3:6-7) is not identified, popular European Christian tradition has held that it was an apple that Eve coaxed Adam to share with her. As a result, in the story of Adam and Eve the apple became a SYMBOL for temptation, the fall of man into sin, and sin itself. In Latin, the words for "apple" and for "evil" are similar ("malus" - apple, "malum" - evil). This may be the reason that the apple was interpreted as the biblical "forbidden fruit". The larynx in the human throat has been called Adam's apple because of a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit sticking in the throat of Adam.\n\nGenesis 3:6-7, “When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it."\n\nThere is definitely a mention of FRUIT (not toast, to answer  SLEESTACK)\n\nThe ancient Kazakh city of Almaty, 'Father of Apples' owes its name to the forests of wild apples (Malus sieversii) found naturally in the area.  (to answer Fizzygrrrl's and thechinamom's comments)\n\n-----------------\n\nConcerning "swine"\nPig can be translated swine.  Swine is simply a synonym for pig. Swine = Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae, including pigs, hogs, and boars, having a stout body with thick skin, a short neck, and a movable snout (Amer Heritage Dictionary)\n\n"Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to PIGS." (Matt 7:6)\n\n\n.
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If Eve didn't eat the fruit, Adam would have done it eventually anyway. \n\nBut suppose neither of them did. Humanity would still live in Eden, and be free of self-consciousness, shame, and sin. In that case, the need for Christ on Earth would have never existed, thus eliminating the development of the Christian religion.