oh that's ok. I can't remember or think of one thread here that never went 'off topic'
I would like to state for the record and for your interest, that God told Eve He would INCREASE her pain in childbirth which certainly seems to indicate there was already pain involved. huh
Another interesting note on that entire episode, is the fact God said Eve would be the mother of all living and He pronounced a curse on the serpent in which the serpent would be DEFEATED by a child born of a woman.
Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree’) that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Galatians 3:13-14
21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. II Corinthians 5:21
so in effect, we are not cursed as Christ became a curse for us and we no longer have our sins counted against us because Christ bore them for us. what curse does the law carry? death. we still experience physical death but we are spiritually now alive.
we were cursed and cut off from God; we are now blessed as was Abraham in all things (Gal 3)
only God can remove a curse, which has lasting effects and will follow a person throughout their life if not removed
I used to think we were still cursed as per the curses incurred with the sin of Adam and Eve, but we are not. We suffer the consequences of that sin and in fact the entire world does. BUT we are not cursed. We are now blessed.