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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725
The Garden of Eden is supposedly in the Middle East unless it is just a metaphor for people doing evil deeds and losing God's grace.
Destroying the place where future generations will be living seems evil. Especially if the scientific community views that destruction as being able to be mitigated by man's efforts. Sticking your head in the sand and just saying it is all part of Mother Nature's designs seems like turning your back on your kids', grandkids' and great grandkids' futures.
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Actually brings up an interesting question. According to Genesis, the Garden of Eden was at the confluence of 4 rivers--the Tigris, the Euphrates, and 2 that are unknown to us, putting it somewhere near the head of the Persian Gulf.
But since it is no longer there, and man was kicked out and didn't "destroy" it, what happened? Did God destroy it? But according to your post, that would make God evil. Or perhaps, the desert eventually took over, over time, just as ongoing cycles of glaciation and interglacial thaws are dominating our climate. I'd hate to think God turned his back on his children and grandchildren.