The Tree of Knowledge

[Ainesis]

I'm going to paraphrase for now.

When Eve bit the apple, as she was thus tempted, apparently she gained "knowledge;" coaxing Adam to do the same, they both gained knowledge.

Then, they realized they were naked and covered up.

What I don't get is, why does their being naked matter? They're "mates." They've seen each other naked already for their whole lives.

Why does Adam hide from God? God has seen him naked. God made him, why would it bother God to see Adam naked?

KnightofChrist,

I think this represents what happened to their consciences sfter the fall. What God had made was good (including their bodies), but now they could see evil in where it did not exist. Their understanding of God and His creation became perverted through disobedience.

This is discussed a little more at the following http://www.jesuscult.org/fruit_page.htm