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Posted 15 March 2006 - 02:59 PM
Talk about a timely post! 
Considering the current conflict in Iraq/(Iran?) and what is the latest attempt to answer this very question. Has the Garden of Eden been located at last? (Article) By Dora Jane Hamblin
"And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed" (Genesis 2:8). Then the majestic words become quite specific: "And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel [Tigris]: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates" (Genesis 2:10-14).
I think this is interesting in many respects. Especially with respect to the political atmosphere that attends America and the issue of our involvement in Iraq and also the chronic conflicts with the Muslim faith on 3 fronts. (social, religious, political)
If one is to recall the ancient myths of the creator gods dividing the world and her people into regions for each god to hold dominion over, and the contemporary dialog concerning the relevancy of the "Anti-Christ" myth and it's relation to the American President. Then consider if Edin is located in the Middle East as this article link above and others claim, perhaps the allegory is worthy of consideration.
The god of one region making war on the next, that adversary, the UN-anointed as it were, might be construed to fit that mold of anti-Christ (UN-anointed, as in not baptized or anointed to the faith) in that they are in opposition to the lord of the land they seek to control. One god at war with another. Jehovah/Allah.
May not make sense, however it seems possible in the realm of faith.
Considering the current conflict in Iraq/(Iran?) and what is the latest attempt to answer this very question. Has the Garden of Eden been located at last? (Article) By Dora Jane Hamblin "And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed" (Genesis 2:8). Then the majestic words become quite specific: "And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. And the name of the third river is Hiddekel [Tigris]: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates" (Genesis 2:10-14).
I think this is interesting in many respects. Especially with respect to the political atmosphere that attends America and the issue of our involvement in Iraq and also the chronic conflicts with the Muslim faith on 3 fronts. (social, religious, political)
If one is to recall the ancient myths of the creator gods dividing the world and her people into regions for each god to hold dominion over, and the contemporary dialog concerning the relevancy of the "Anti-Christ" myth and it's relation to the American President. Then consider if Edin is located in the Middle East as this article link above and others claim, perhaps the allegory is worthy of consideration.
The god of one region making war on the next, that adversary, the UN-anointed as it were, might be construed to fit that mold of anti-Christ (UN-anointed, as in not baptized or anointed to the faith) in that they are in opposition to the lord of the land they seek to control. One god at war with another. Jehovah/Allah.
May not make sense, however it seems possible in the realm of faith.
This post has been edited by Imaginary Friend: 15 March 2006 - 03:00 PM
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 11:14 PM
I heard that "The Garden of Eden" might have been the island of Bahrain 
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 11:16 PM
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Do you thin the Garden of edan still excites? If so where is it?.
Never heard of this "Garden of Edan", but I do know the bible talks about the "Garden of Eden".
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 11:39 PM
The garden of eden is a mythical place that only shows up in the mythology of the Semitic peoples. The probability of it ever having existed is so close to nil as to be impossible. 
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 11:48 PM
Some literalists point out that the world of Eden's time was destroyed during Noah's Flood and it is therefore impossible to place the Garden anywhere in post-flood geography.
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 12:25 AM
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Do you thin the Garden of edan still excites?
It excites me!
It was 'hidden' by God to protect the way of the Tree of Life. Which if you recall...man did not eat of. Actually man was exited from the garden precisely so that he would not eat of the Tree of Life and become immortal.
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 12:29 AM
It would be very interesting if we did find the garden of Eden. That would be proof that the Christian God exists. Or at least some evidence.
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 03:01 AM
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The garden of eden is a mythical place that only shows up in the mythology of the Semitic peoples. The probability of it ever having existed is so close to nil as to be impossible.
The ancient Sumerians creation myth, the "Enûma Elish" , wherein they refer to what we today know as the garden of eden, as; "E-din" is a subject undertaken by various authors. None of which I find as engaging as the research attributed to Zecharia Sitchin.
"The 12th Planet" is just the first book, combined with the other titles that followed in what is known as; "The Earth Chronicle Series", in addressing the civilization of ancient Sumer. And while there are many detractors against Sitchin's work, there are none that can prove he is wrong in his translations of the cuneiform texts that remain as record of this civilization. Where the conflict exists for many nay sayers toward his work, is in other scholars claims that the Sumerian accounts of creation, etc... are myths! Whereas Sitchin posits the notion they could in fact be actual accounts recorded in the history that declares Earth to have been visited by a highly evolved extra-terrestrial (not of Earth), civilization known as the Annunaki. (The Bibles "Nefillim")
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 10:48 AM
nope, it is an idea same as atlantis. purely mythological.
attention people of earth and this site!
make believe time is over, put down that fantasy novel, you know, the one with the increadibly thin plot thats been copied over and over, and join the ranks of the realists, the educated, the true thinking people of this planet.
it is not too late, but you may find it a bit boring.
make believe time is over, put down that fantasy novel, you know, the one with the increadibly thin plot thats been copied over and over, and join the ranks of the realists, the educated, the true thinking people of this planet.
it is not too late, but you may find it a bit boring.
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 04:49 PM
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It would be very interesting if we did find the garden of Eden. That would be proof that the Christian God exists. Or at least some evidence.
how would that prove the christian god exsist? And if we found it how would we know it was the garden is there golden arches or something?? its nothing more than a myth...
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 05:02 PM
The Garden of Eden is nothing but a representation of how the first human were created according to Christianity. In order for people to believe the organization within Christianity you have to have a place where it all started, a place where the difference between good and evil was created.
The biggest problem within Christianity is people take stories such as Adam and Eve literally, thinking that it actually happened and it is an actual place. Of course if the leaders or writers of the Bible did not create a story such as this and went along with what science says as far as Evolution, they could have been proven wrong since science can always change theories according to current findings.
So in other words. my opinion is it never existed other than as a story.
The biggest problem within Christianity is people take stories such as Adam and Eve literally, thinking that it actually happened and it is an actual place. Of course if the leaders or writers of the Bible did not create a story such as this and went along with what science says as far as Evolution, they could have been proven wrong since science can always change theories according to current findings.
So in other words. my opinion is it never existed other than as a story.
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 05:09 PM
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The ancient Sumerians creation myth, the "Enûma Elish" , wherein they refer to what we today know as the garden of eden, as; "E-din" is a subject undertaken by various authors.
He is correct. There is no mystery as to where Eden once was.
It is commonly known from ancient records that it was the name of a place in Iraq.
