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A:No. Many people in modern society have speculated about the symbolism of the fruit that Adam and Eve ate, but it certainly was not representative of sex. The Tree of Knowledge was part of ancient Mesopotamian mythology before it entered The Bible. The ancients believed that the gods feared that humans would discover the secret to immortality, and the story of the Garden of Eden is really the story of man's search for immortality. After Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, they became like gods (Genesis 3:22: "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us..."), but had also become aware of their mortality.

Knowing that they would now be tempted to eat the fruit of the Tree of Life, God drove them from the Garden of Eden and placed cherubim (sing: cherub)and a flaming sword at the entrance to keep [block] the way of the Tree of Life.

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No the apple does not symbolize sex. After all it was not mentioned in the bible as a apple. it is refereed to as the forbidden fruit.

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