The Bible just calls it the forbidden fruit, not an apple; it was later post-Biblical tradition that made it an apple. The change may have been influenced by the story of the golden apples in the Garden of Hesperides. It’s debatable if apples were even naturalised to the Middle East back when the story was first developed.
The forbidden fruit was from the tree of knowledge as I recall. Eve became aware of her nakedness as was ashamed. The message I took from it was the people who wrote the book wanted people to not to seek knowledge.
Imagine 3 months ago
Is that a “no”?
peb6006 3 months ago
Poor snake
Algolei I 3 months ago
The Bible just calls it the forbidden fruit, not an apple; it was later post-Biblical tradition that made it an apple. The change may have been influenced by the story of the golden apples in the Garden of Hesperides. It’s debatable if apples were even naturalised to the Middle East back when the story was first developed.
ddl297 3 months ago
I wonder if the phrase was originally, “An apple a day keeps the Devil away”, and they changed it to “doctor away” because, hey, no one likes doctors!
BigDaveGlass 3 months ago
The forbidden fruit was from the tree of knowledge as I recall. Eve became aware of her nakedness as was ashamed. The message I took from it was the people who wrote the book wanted people to not to seek knowledge.
ddjg 3 months ago
On the Sistine Chapel ceiling (between 1508 and 1512), Michelangelo made it figs . .
blakerl 3 months ago
Even apples don’t like snakes. Wow vicious apple. Oh No! The new movie “Attack of the Killer Apples”.
Daltongang Premium Member 3 months ago
ChessPirate 3 months ago
Apple Batter?
sandpiper 3 months ago
Now you’re even.
joannesshadow 3 months ago
A lot of the strips they have run lately are classics from my childhood. They are bringing back many great memories.
curtlyon19 3 months ago
feel a little sorry for the snake, but,if I ran across one who didn’t move I suspect my reaction would be similar
silberdistel 3 months ago
Great drawing of the snake in the second panel!
mistercatworks 3 months ago
Harmful meme
mokspr Premium Member 3 months ago
Welcome to the Paleolithic. Our motto, “We hate snakes!”
sincavage05 3 months ago
Payback can be a painful experience!
Grover Premium Member 3 months ago
The apple shall bruise the serpent’s head, and the serpent shalt bruise his heel
Tra1nman2 Premium Member 3 months ago
First of the month. Here we go again with no strips. We’ll see how long this gap lasts. Uggghhhh!
Troglodyte 3 months ago
Yet another reason to prefer Android… :D
Gandalf 3 months ago
… And here we go again! The first of the month and Back to BC hits a snag.
Kroykali 3 months ago
B.C. – Broken Comic.
mfrasca 3 months ago
How I discover it is the first of the month.
blakerl 3 months ago
We already did the “Attack of the Killer Apples”
tarnsman 3 months ago
Aaaaaannnnnndddd…it’s the first of the month. If you don’t want to read today’s comic, don’t worry, it will be here for about another week or so.
RabbitDad 3 months ago
Somebody kick it, it’s stuck again…
mastersir2uboy 3 months ago
and its stopped again