Questions in Genesis (part 1): Entrapment in Eden
Fundamentalist and evangelical Christians believe that we live in a world gone wrong, and controlled by
dark spiritual forces. They think that a host of things we face
today, including death, disease, predation, violence, painful
childbirth, thorns and thistles, and Miley Cyrus’ twerking can all be
traced back to a Very Bad Thing which happened once upon a time in a
garden called Eden, where a rebellious woman listened to a talking
snake, ate a forbidden fruit, and led her husband into eating his way into
God’s bad graces.
(image credit: Forbidden Fruit by Amanda Chervinko - amandachervinko.com)