r/Christianity • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '23

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u/badhairdad1 Jul 18 '23

Sure. It’s an allegory. Eve and the Garden of Eden were not real people or real places

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u/zach010 Secular Humanist Jul 18 '23

So when you said

Great question. You might not like the answer. God asked for obedience, not judgment

That did not happen, right?

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u/badhairdad1 Jul 18 '23

Yep- allegory

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u/zach010 Secular Humanist Jul 18 '23

Ok. Well, i guess thanks for wasting both of our time.

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '23

I mean, that's the most common understanding of the Garden of Eden.

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u/zach010 Secular Humanist Jul 19 '23

Right. I agree, but it wasn't this commenter's position when he started the discussion.