October 19, 2012 By Citizen M

Apple Blasphemy?

Russia’s Orthodox believers, perhaps goaded by the Pussy Riot scandal into a heightened sensitivity to all things potentially blasphemous, have apparently found a new target in the Apple logo (CNet has the story).  Although supposedly inspired by Isaac Newton’s ‘apple incident‘, some conservative believers apparently ‘see the image of the bitten apple as a symbol of Adam and Eve’s original sin in the Bible. Some have gone so far as to cover up the logo and replace it with an image of a cross.‘  And, apple incident notwithstanding, the law is very much on their side.