Eden Garden, Eve and an Apple - the story of sin continues.........

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According to both Bible and Qur'an, Adam and Eve were the first man and woman created by God. In Bible, the story is told in the book of Genesis, chapters 1, 2 and 3. The main story elements are the creation of man and woman; the temptation and the fall; the expelsion from Eden and subsequent peopling of the world outside the Garden of Eden. The story has provided many of the most important symbols in Western culture, including the Tree of the Knowlege of Good and Evil, the forbidden fruit and the Serpant and has been seen as providing much of the scriptural basis for the doctrine of Original Sin. The narrative reads that God "caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil" (Gen. 2:9, ). While not forbidding Adam, in that state, to eat of the tree of life, God forbade him to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, warning him that he would surely die if he did (Gen. 2:16-17). The serpent persuaded Eve to eat from the latter tree and "she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate" (Gen. 3:6). After eating the fruit, Adam and Eve became aware of their nakedness (Gen. 3:7). God bestowed a curse upon each of the active participants. The serpent has a lowly physical form and there is conflict between the woman and the serpent and between each one's offspring (Gen. 3:14-15). The woman undergoes childbirth pains and is dominated by the husband who is the object of her desire (Gen. 3:16). And the man has to struggle for his sustenance (Gen. 3:17-19). In addition, Adam and Eve are expelled from the Garden of Eden, so that they may not eat of the "tree of life" and so live for ever (Gen. 3:22-24). I am not a Christian, Islam. I am religious. But it is pretty interesting that this story of love, hatred and sin still continues in and aroud us.