LastDemocratInSC
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Tue Apr-20-04 02:33 PM
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39. I live in a major fundie area and this question does make them itch ... |
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Most of the fundies around here subscribe to the notion that Cain's wife was Eve and that incest was OK because man was still living in a sinless state, i.e., no apple eating yet.
Now, the natural followup question to a fundy is: Which is worse, in your mind, a son screwing his mom or eating an apple? The answer is invariably that God said nothing to them about screwing each other, but did warn them about the apples. Besides, the apple-eating thing is a metaphor for gaining knowledge, which was the real sin.
Now, I know that the fundies here have a high incidence of incest and child-rape (quite true) and given that they shun knowledge like the flu, I'd say they're living up to the ancient standard pretty well.
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