The term loss of innocence is an ambiguous term. Most often, the loss of innocence is associated with virginity. Additionally, the loss of innocence may be associated with adulthood. A person is no longer a child and therefore may see the world differently than they did as a child. When they were children, they were perhaps naive, unconscious; not yet knowing the evil or evil that exists in the world. The idea of ​​the loss of innocence goes back even to the book of Genesis and the story of Adam and Eve. In this biblical story, Adam and Eve experience a loss of their innocence. Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis not only mark a loss of their innocence, but for years the story was used as biblical teaching. It is an important story that establishes a relationship between God and humanity. The story begins with the phrase: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Pagels, xi). From the first words of the story, God is seen as the creator. He is the creator, the absolute being from whom all things are created. In God's process of creation, he repeats the phrase "after his kind" (Pagels, xi). He does this to emphasize that each creature has its own unique function and to establish that there are limits and limits to the existence of each creature. There is a distinction, a type of separation that exists between God and all other beings. God is unlimited and infinite, while all other things are limited and finite. Man exists somewhere between a state of creature and a state of piety. Just as God gave commandments to other creatures, he tells man that he must “be fruitful and multiply” (Pagels, XII). The purpose of man is to procreate, according to Genesis. Yet the function of man is unique...... middle of paper......I am ashamed that their bodies are naked. It is not the nudity itself that causes shame, but rather the fact that Adam and Eve suddenly become aware of their own vulnerability and that it is possible to be exposed. The loss of Adam and Eve's innocence is linked to the notion of truly “knowing” and “seeing”. Before eating the forbidden fruit, they lived blindly; obey God's commandments without doubt. It is the serpent that tempts them and challenges the authoritative power of God. Curiosity and knowledge lead Adam and Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. Once they do, they realize the difference between themselves and the creatures around them, between the physical bodies of Adam and Eve; difference exists everywhere around them. When Adam and Eve eat from the Tree of Knowledge, they think and see for the first time..