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Lawrence O
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Posted: Dec 22, 2010 8:44am
HOW MANY APPLES DID ADAM AND EVE EAT ?
Some say Eve 8, and Adam 2 —a total of 10.
Now, W. D. LeRoy figured the thing very differently:
Eve 8 and Adam 8 also—a total of 16; yet these figures are evidently wrong.
If Eve 8 and Adam 8 2, certainly the total would be 90. Scientific men, however, on the strength of the theory that Antediluvians were a race of giants, reason in this way:—Eve 8 1 and Adam 8 2 —total 163. Wrong again.
What would be clearer than if Eve 8 1 and Adam 812, the total would be 893. If Eve 8 1 1st and Adam eat 1 2d, would not the total
be 1,623. Eve 8 1 4 Adam, and Adam 8124 Eve —total 8,938.
Still another calculation is as follows:—If Eve 8 1 4 Adam, Adam 81242 oblige Eve —total 82,156. This, however, is not a sufficient quantity; for, though we admit that Eve 8 1 4 Adam, Adam, if he 8 o 8 1 4 2 keep Eve company—total 8,082,056. All wrong. Eve, when she 8 1 8 1 2 many and probably felt sorry for it, but her companion, in order to relieve her grief, 812, therefore Adam, when he 8 1 8 1 4 2 4 ofy Eve's depressed spirits, hence both ate 81,896,864.
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ed rhodes
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Posted: Mar 13, 2011 10:14pm
None. Apples didn't exist in that place and time. They probably ate persimmons or figs.
"He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." - Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche
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landmark
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Posted: Mar 13, 2011 11:19pm
It was the Garden Of Eden. Wouldn't an all powerful God be able to populate it with apples if s/he so desired? I mean, that's what the snake told me anyway . . .
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
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ed rhodes
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Rhode Island
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Posted: Mar 19, 2011 6:25am
Apples aren't mentioned in the story actually in the Bible.
"He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." - Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche
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Octarine Prince
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Posted: Mar 19, 2011 1:35pm
It was a metaphor illustrating the pitfalls of being hard-headed and willful.
It could have been a cranberry, a plum, a peach, a walnut, etc. Same principle.
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ed rhodes
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Rhode Island
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Posted: Mar 22, 2011 5:35am
Oh yes. I agree with that. Oh, and "weaseling" as well; (paraphrasing) "It's not my fault! SHE gave it to me!"
"He was born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad." - Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche
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Nicholas J. Johnson
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Posted: Aug 13, 2011 11:59pm
The entire puzzle is based on the assumption that God exists.
First prove that....
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