How would today be different if humans rejected clothing and nudism prevailed?
Let's start by turning to Biblical scripture for help in answering the question. In Genesis, Adam and Eve ate an apple, i.e. fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, despite it being forbidden. (Blame the serpent.) Upon doing so, they felt shame at their nakedness, and covered themselves. In fact, that is how God immediately knew that Adam and Eve had eaten of the Tree of Knowledge.
naked = without wisdom gained from eating of Tree of Knowledge
clothed = with wisdom gained from eating of Tree of Knowledge
evil = serpent
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Adam and Eve each hold a golden apple. Elisha of Ascoli's Ketubah: Mantua, Italy on 31 August 1629 |
Since this was a decoration for the upper right corner of a ketubah (a marriage certificate used mostly by Sephardic Jews from about 1400 to the 1950s), the Hebrew inscription (happily!) doesn't directly correspond with the image.
