Garden of Eden=Earth?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

You cannot expect people to trust you when you carry a gun.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

Could we survive for a second without your sustaining presence? I don’t think so.
Do we know enough to go it on our own? I don’t think so.
Can we control our own fate? I don’t think so.
Do you try to keep us from getting too deep into trouble? Absolutely!
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“No, Mom. I’m sorry, I can’t go home with you. These are my peeps now.”

[Not how He broke the news to her that He had left the family.]

D. Blog: Garden of Eden = Earth?

Perhaps we have misunderstood the story.
Perhaps Earth is the garden and we are in it, but don’t realize that any longer.
Perhaps our role is still that of tending to her health and welfare.
Perhaps Earth is a more hospitable and more fragile place than we have imagined.
Perhaps the traditional interpretation of a “fall” is but an imaginary explanation of our toil and the evil we encounter as we make our way in this verdant and complex planet.
Perhaps we need to realize we could never leave the garden of Earth, except in our imaginations.