On Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:05:24 -0400 Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> On 6/3/2014 5:03 AM, Chris wrote: > > > > After all it was created by God, er, Apple. (Mind you, it was > > because of an apple that God evicted humans from paradaise :-) > > > > Heh heh :) Why has that never occurred to me before? > > Side note: I've heard arguments that the biblical "apple" may have > originally been a pomegranate. If so, then not surprising it would > have been changed to an apple - pomegranates had kinda gotten lost > from public awareness in certain cultures (like the US) until only > fairly recently with all the renewed interest in healthy eating. (Not > that apples aren't healthy, but poms are said to be *really* healthy, > apparently.) Technically, all it's ever referred to is as "fruit" or the "forbidden fruit" - and it's the fruit of one very specific tree which only existed in the Garden of Eden. So, arguably associating it with any fruit currently in existence is a bit of a misnomer. So, it shouldn't have any effect on your fruit dietary choices. ;) - Jonathan M Davis
