From Eden to Disney

Maybe someone has already made this connection, maybe not... but today this revelation came to me... I wonder if there is any connection to the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and an apple that can cause death in fairy tales. Many people connect that forbidden fruit to apples. God gave Adam and Eve instructions to not eat the fruit of the tree "in the middle of the garden...lest you die" (Gen 3:3). And now fairy tales portray this fruit as "evil" and the wicked stepmothers try to allure the beautiful princess with a delicious apple, because what is harmful about an apple!? But surprise! It was poisonous. What you think won't kill you does, which is exactly what sin does... it allures us with its tempting pleasures and seductive outcomes, but in reality, our relationship with God is severed at each bite.