The sin was disobedience. The significance of the apple is not sexual, as
it has been commonly asserted. In City of God, Augustine argues that Adam
and Eve had sex in the garden. But it was sex without "lust" and was
subject to their will. I think that's what he said...
On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, John A W Lock wrote:
> BBC Radio 4
>
> 11:00am News; A Bite of the Apple
> When Eve gave Adam the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, and Adam ate
> it, what had they done wrong? Zina Rohan asks what Jews, Christians and
> Muslims believe the story was about.
> Repeat
>
> I tuned into this while trying to put a tape on. Instead of the lightweight
> trivialisation I was expecting it wasactually an interesting discourse on
> St. Augustine's views. Inever got to listen to the tape.
>
> It's the first of a series - I don't know if it goes out at another time as
> well or if it is being streamed over the internet (the BBC seems to go in
> for that quite a lot).
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/
>
> regards
>
> john a w lock
>
>
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