Cavediver writes:
Why did Adam and Eve feel the need to cover their sexual organs upon realising that they were naked? From where did this specific sense of shame come? Why did they not cover their noses? This obviously makes complete sense when Genesis is regarded as the just-so story of the Jewish oral tradition. But if it is regarded as literal truth??? Anyone? Anyone?
1. After the fall there came a bent to sin. Likely one purpose was to discourage adultery, bigamy, fornication, etc, essentially to prevent humanity from becoming a rabbitry of sorts such as the direction it's going these days in the world.
2. It was God to whom they were concerned and it was God who instilled the guilt in them so as to effect his purpose for them covering themselves.
For what it's worth, the reason God insisted on the animal skins in place of plant skins was likely related to the requirement for animal sacrifice for atonement/covering of their sins since that had become a factor at that time.
Who killed the first animal? Likely God, when he prepared the clothing of skins for them.
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