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original sin (Score:2)

by bart (450)

Well, I thought the original sin, with the snake and the apple, was actually an allusion to sex.
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  by chromatic (983) on 2005.07.12 18:14 (#41850) Homepage Journal
  
  That's a popular idea, but it doesn't have any textual support as far as I can tell. The last time I looked, the furthest back I could find the idea was fourth-century Augustine, due in part to a lot of self-loathing and in part to a great respect for (fairly misogynistic) Greek philosophy.
  
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