2007-08-19 14:14:40 · 10 answers · asked by I'mclothed 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, and Adam and Eve were symbolic for mankind. Once you start reading the Bible from a spiritual standpoint instead of taking it literally it makes complete sense. For example, Genesis, read spiritually does not collide with the Big Bang theory or evolution. This is not a new concept ,but has been going on since the mid 1800's.
2007-08-19 14:19:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
The garden of Eden was a metaphor for "let's see how much bullshit people will believe"
2007-08-19 14:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by Don Desengrasador 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was it was a really poor one. Jesus used an number of metaphors and analogies which are easily seen as those, but the garden of Eden is presented as though is was a real location and a real event. Bad planning in a supposedly "infallible" book.
2007-08-19 14:19:42 · answer #3 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We can tell the difference between the literal and the metaphor in the bible, and the whole Creation account is definately not written as a metaphor.
2007-08-19 14:26:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Garden of Eden is now in heaven ~
2007-08-19 14:19:52 · answer #5 · answered by inteleyes 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
No - Eden WAS heaven on earth!
God moved it to heaven after the fall. And now JESUS is our TREE OF LIFE!
Rev 22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.
BEAUTIMUS!
2007-08-19 14:22:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was a metaphor for a nice place to live.
2007-08-19 14:18:07 · answer #7 · answered by BAL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Umm, no. It was a real place. No metaphor involved. Moses recorded what he saw in vision, it is not simply an allegory he made up.
2007-08-19 14:21:32 · answer #8 · answered by The GMC 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
2007-08-19 14:21:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it was a real place, where real people lived.
Pastor Art
2007-08-19 14:23:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋