Why do men have Adam's apples?
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That lump on men's necks, the outer part of the voice box or larynx, is called an Adam's apple. Women have one too, but a man's Adam's apple is at a sharper angle and seen more easily. \n\nThe Adam's apple is named after Adam, who the Bible says was one of the first two people on the earth (along with Eve, his mate). The legend is that Adam ate some forbidden fruit from the Garden of Eden and a piece of it got stuck in his throat. That throat bulge has been with men forever, supposedly to show that men can be weak and give in to temptation. \n\nThe medical explanation is that men have stronger larynx muscles, hence deeper voices, and the Adam's apple is where those muscles are stored.
461596
Came from the koranic, biblical, belief. It wan't exactly apple as per the holy scriptures... it cam efrom there. People like to beleive that Adam really didn't swallow IT and IT is stuck in his throat.
533449
Because each apple blossom can become an apple if it is fertilized.  If you pick the blossoms, it can reduce the apple yield of the tree, thus reducing the farmer's income.
178454
A fun question, but there is no way to know the answer, nor does the answer ultimately matter.  \n\nNevertheless, I'll admit it would be a fun after-dinner conversation starter. <grin>  \n\nPerhaps the better question, if you assume that they DID have belly buttons, is this -- would Adam have collected lint in his belly button prior to taking a bite from the apple or would he only have collected lint after taking the bite?
153205
because it's okay for men to look like monkeys. that's what their intelligence is like anyway.
100018
Adam was created in the image of "god." In fact, he was a self-made man. After a while he got tired of talking to himself so for acceptance, he joined a street gang. They called themselves Muslims or Catholics or Jews and declared to all the animals (that they had dominance over) that they shalt not draw any cartoons depicting anything in a punk-rocker, gothic or graven image. They strutted around their turf changing the rules like masters of a Dungeons & Dragons game always looking for action and another reason to party down.\n\nI suppose Adam was supposed to smarten up somewhere in the story but some bad apples just like to keep going back to touch a hot stove.
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I agree. I have always had an answer that combines both.  When they( Adam and Eve) were banished from The Garden of Eden (punishment for eating the apple) they were told they would be amongst the lowest  life forms. Why could He not have sent them back as a bacterium, as part of punishment, with his divine plan to go through years (even millions of years) of evolution to finally be back to human form. If he is God, evolution could be part of his Divine Plan.
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There was no green peace, democrats or womens rights organizations during the supposed time of Adam and Eve. And its nothing to do with Eve personally. I guess God wasnt worried about Adam eating it because he was to stupid to figure out what a "tree" or an "apple" were. A better question would be, who let the snake in? or Why did God create the tree and apple in the first place?
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Its generally contended that "Adam" was a symbol for the "adamantic" race, not an individual man. When taken literally, any story can lead you to obvious logical errors. But when taken as a story that conveys an idea or lesson, you realize that the nuts and bolts of the story don't matter as much as the point its trying to make.
429816
Because adam and eve didn't exist. It's a bullshit story. It was written by a man who thought he was better than women.
940722
I find 'spring apples' a turn on. Dont worry there is someone for everyone in this world. Men worry about the size of their dongs and women worry about the size of their boobs but  partners dont care if they love each other.
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Hmmm...that's a good question....\n\nIf I had to guess, I would think it would have something to do with 'The Fruit of Knowledge', which is a biblical reference found in Genesis.  Plus, giving apples to teachers seems like an American tradition.  It may have something to do with that too.\n\nBut the bible never said that it was an apple....so I don't know how it became associated with the fruit of knowledge.
630075
Well, I think because this phenomena is against : \n\nReligions .\n\nHuman nature .\n\nIt is also one of diseases transmission .\n\nIt's disgusting...\n\nGod Punishment... because he created Eve for Adam, not for another Eve...and Adam for Eve not for another man...
587001
No.  Male and female primates (including humans) have the same number of ribs.  Why would they be different?  If you believe Eve was made from Adam's rib, why would his sons and grandsons have one fewer rib?  If a man's rib was surgically removed, his sons wouldn't be missing one rib.
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NO. ThE "Adam's Apple" is just a name for the front part of your trachea that houses your vocal cords. It is larger in males, leading to the lump that is known as the adam's apple. To remove it would render you unable to speak or swallow.
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God took a rib from Adam and created Eve....not Steve.\nIt is still a medical fact to this day that men have one less rib than women do.\nIt also states in the Bible (King James Version) that "it is an abomination for a man to be with another man as a woman"\nAnd an abomination is something that God despises more than anything.  Personally, I wouldn't want to piss God off like that.
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as continuation of the answer of the previous puzzling question.\nI want to add that Adam was the first person to get civilize among the humans(descendants from apes). So, he is called the first man, Eve was also among the same tribe of humans who got civilized with Adam, and preached the intelligence to their descendants and their own tribe people. So therefore, sons of Adam and Eve were surely married to the other daughters of the same human tribe who were being civilized under the influence of Adam