Not exact matches
LDS church teaches that God
cursed Cain by turning his skin black along with the skin of all his
descendents;; therefore God has turned his back on anyone with black skin.
As I re-read the story it seemed obvious it couldn't really be history — or if it was, it was completely unverifiable: Eve is created from Adam's rib; a snake converses with and tempts Eve; God puts a very desirable fruit tree in the garden then commands man not to eat it; eating this fruit causes all the world's pain and suffering; God
curses Adam, Eve, their
descendents, and the earth; «every living thing» is destroyed by a worldwide flood; all our modern animals descend from the originals on Noah's Ark; and so on.
Summary Capsule: On a town's 100th anniversary, the
descendents of the town's founders find out the horrific way that passed - on family traits include
curses.