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Who Told You That You Were Naked? which has been written by William E Combs and published by Carpenter’s Son Publishing proved to be something of a disappointment to me. Brought up as a Catholic, I have for many years been interested and troubled by the problem of evil in the world, wondering how it can be that some people are capable of inflicting horrendous cruelty on their fellow human beings. The sub-title (A Refreshing Re-examination of the Garden of Eden) encouraged me to read the Doctor Combs’ work, and I was hoping to gain a fresh insight into the origins of sin, the banishment from the Garden of Eden, and the existence of evil.
The book is well written, and the description of the Garden of Eden at the time of the original transgression

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