Is Earth the Garden of Eden?

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Biblically, the Garden of Eden was placed in Mesopotamia in the region of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which would, I think, be modern day Iraq.

The 'paradise garden' theme figures in the mythology and history of the region, and the garden as an earthly thing was typically the reserve of the wealthy and particularly the kings of the region (for example the Hanging Gardens of Babylon).

Beyond that, as Eden has since entered the realm of metaphor (and quite possibly originated there anyway), you can use it to refer to whatever you like. It is the innocent, unadulterated (a very fitting word in this case) halcyonic place/time/dream/idea. It's the time in the past when young people showed their elders some respect, it's the future where we live in peace, it's the rural world before industrialisation, it's something to be gained or something that was lost.

We all have our myths, personal and cultural. Looking back or looking forward or looking here and now--something is always Eden, it seems.
 
Biblically, the Garden of Eden was placed in Mesopotamia in the region of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers which would, I think, be modern day Iraq.

The 'paradise garden' theme figures in the mythology and history of the region, and the garden as an earthly thing was typically the reserve of the wealthy and particularly the kings of the region (for example the Hanging Gardens of Babylon).

Beyond that, as Eden has since entered the realm of metaphor (and quite possibly originated there anyway), you can use it to refer to whatever you like. It is the innocent, unadulterated (a very fitting word in this case) halcyonic place/time/dream/idea. It's the time in the past when young people showed their elders some respect, it's the future where we live in peace, it's the rural world before industrialisation, it's something to be gained or something that was lost.

We all have our myths, personal and cultural. Looking back or looking forward or looking here and now--something is always Eden, it seems.
 
No. In the book of Genesis it is very clear that the Garden of Eden was a place and after the creation of Adam and Eve, God placed them in the Garden. This reveals much about the nature of man. Peace, g.
 
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