• theparadox@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    As I recall, they were actually naked and didn’t feel the need to cover themselves until after eating from the “tree of knowledge of good and evil”.

    Thanks to that stupid fucking story and all the others, many cultures heavily influenced by Christian mythology feel the need to add those leaves because they can’t handle nudity.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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      2 days ago

      They were, yes, in the original stories, but since nudity is ick ew omg in religions, the leaves were added in all imagery because imagine somebody seeing a weewee