cute-ass:

maybe you should give the travelling agents a phonecall

or better still, visit the international airlines

one of the above mentioned should be able to book you a flight ticket to Garden Eden

just tell them you need a ticket from lagos to The Garden Of Eden


please keep us posted when you return, we'll like to know thinks like what the apple tree looks like and many others , lol

Have a nice flight honey

IDINRETE:

IM SAYING EMPHATICALLY THAT IT NEVER EXSITED, if it did, where is your proof? the stories in the bible about garden of Eden are all copied from Epic of Gilgamesh from Sumerian and Egyptian Creation legends
if you go to Egypt, the Pyramid are still standing, the mummified Pharaohs and all the artifacts and treasures are still intact. How come they were not submerged by the Flood? whether the Bible is a forgery or not you have to do the research yourself and come to your own conclusion.

naijacutee:

Yet another christianity-basher?

Yet, there are similarities between the Sumerian culture and not only Christianity but Judaism and Islam. Sumerian art and folklore for one depicts some biblical events. In fact, the archaelogist David Rohl had to refer to Sumerian literature and language in his quest for the Garden of Eden.

For example, in the earlier writings, the "seven steps to heaven" turned out to be seven mountains towards a very significant place in history.

Now let's fold that and put that away. The bombing of the twin towers in New York - Different account have been written about it worldwide. A woman whose husband died in the building would give a different account from the jobless poet who lives down the road and watched it all happen who would give a different account to the man who schooled the bombers and gave them a reason to do the "deed". Now, 3,000 years from now, a bunch of kids read these accounts and therefore conclude it was fake, as all 3 accounts present the same event differently. What would you say to them?

KAG:

To be honest, I don't think it's Christian bashing to point out that the story of Eden as presented in Genesis is mythology.

KAG:
It is generally accepted that the stories that appear in Genesis were influenced by that of the Sumerians. Also, Christianity and Islam clearly originated from Judaism and took with them what is now called Genesis in the Bible.

KAG:
Could you possible reference that? I'm just curious about it.

KAG:
The analogy doesn't really apply to the Garden of Eden story. It isn't just different people giving different accounts of the same event, it's different people giving accounts that include dragons causing the towers to fall and superheroes flying in to save a few.

naijacutee:

Ok, that's your opinion. Mine is that it's a story that has been told in a certain way that depicts something important in history. Different tribes had different uses for words, and to understand the Old Testament fully, one would have to understand a range of different cultures, languages and civilisations. I don't know if I'm getting my point across but I'll give a bad example.

The french prophet/astrologer Nostradamus had a number of writings but they do not translate exactly to the world as we see it today. For example, he referred to bicycle as "metal horse". In the same way, people of ancient times used language differently from how we do today. Genesis is probably symbolic of many different things we do not know.

Agreed. However, it is also believed that the father of the Sumers was one of the Biblical Noah's son - Shem, who travelled to a "distant land" (and puportedly founded the tribe). Therefore some of the Sumerian accounts seem to be either influenced in the same way by the accounts of the Genesis author. Like I said, their culture and language would cause them to paint the stories differently.

Sure. I watched the documentary a few years ago on Discovery though but I'm sure I can find a commentary somewhere. . .

[color=#990000]Rohl said, "You have to picture him carrying Inanna's sacred standard, and her awe-inspiring effect: 'For her, they humbly saluted with greetings like mice.' En route to the Edin, he had to pass through seven 'gates', as in 'seven steps to heaven'. And the order of the gates, one to seven, starting at Susa, indicates that Aratta (Eden) had the spiritual status of heaven." Traditionally, "gates" are associated with mountain passes, but here they're something special - spectacular river-cut mountain gorges that have their own geological name, tangs. -- Culled from Rohl's account, The secret garden : http://www.ramsdale.org/dna6.htm [/color]

I was just trying to portray the fact that different people (especially in ancient times) see things differently. An aeroplane could be a "fine mechanical design","weapon of pollution","flying roaring dragon", "another of Richard Branson's Virgin propaganda" or a" great metal bird". It just depends on who you are, what social influences you've been brought up around and your level of understanding. I think the same applies to these stories. We only read them from one culture's point of view,

but the same themes lie in other cultures that are neither Jewish, Christian or Islamic.

naijacutee:

@ KAG (I suspect you are male?)

It seems you don't understand what I've been typing since. I'm not interested in getting into a long-winding arguments. Please don't go too deep into my analogies, they are just pictures I draw to try to make you understand (howbeit unsuccessfully) where I'm coming from.

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Sorry I misunderstood; I got a different impression.

[quote] All I'm saying in a nutshell is that there are similarities in events in the book of Genesis and other accounts which would cause any non-biased person to think the accounts are different views of the same event.