Of another world

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Originally Posted by Formendacil

Before the Original Sin, other "sins" were not sinful, persay- or so I would read it. In much the same was as nudity was not immodest before eating the apple. The apple was expressly forbidden. Pride, while it goeth before the Fall, was not.

Why nudity was shameful after the Fall is a bit disturbing as these two beings were made in the image of God, and there were no others by which they could be embarassed.

And why an apple? Is that what the Bible states, or it that a tradition? Were apples native to the region? Did you ever notice that many depictions of Jesus are not of a Middle Eastern person? And yet...

My son now wants to wear his hair long like Aragorn. Like others have posted, one could say that Aragorn looks somewhat like Jesus. There was a time when long hair on men was taboo, as was seen as a sign of rebellion. Back in that day I loved hearing the verbal pretzels regarding the reasoning why Jesus could wear his hair long yet no man in the congregation could.