Sunday 22 December 2013

Locating The United Garden Of Eden

By Lilia Moody


The United Garden of Eden refers to the idea of restoring world peace through respect and recognition of differences in opinion and behavior. The aim is to build a world that is harmonious, peaceful and tolerant like it existed when Adam and Eve lived. The genesis of the idea is that every person in the world has a voice and a right to be heard. Divergence in religious, social or cultural views should not cause division.

The aim of the platform is to connect people of diverse cultural, ethnic and world views in order to foster peaceful coexistence. This is possible is the people hated and judged less. Such traits are responsible for increasing conflicts and evils in the world. Personal choices on religion and way of life should be respected. This will see an end to conflicts and wars with eventual return to peace.

Humanity is witnessing wars and suffering because some people are greedy and highly prejudicial against others. Some communities consider themselves superior. Such an attitude leads to cycles of war that are increasing by the day. Nuclear technology has opened another frontier that is likely to escalate conflict. The end result can only be death and destruction of property.

The world has also witnessed other conflicts that can be avoided. Beside wars, famines and poverty are not primarily natural phenomenon. They are caused by greed and the failure of certain individuals to share the available natural resources with fellow countrymen. The suffering and destruction of the planet are as a result of selfishness.

Human beings have an opportunity to build a new future in what is known as the beginning of a new light. The world will get peace as societies exist in harmony. Differences in nationality, religion, ethnicity or social status will no longer divide populations. It is an era of mutual respect with no superiority based on social classifications. There is respect and appreciation of intrinsic rights to belief and exist.

The process of return began on the Q-day when people symbolically went back to the Garden of Eden. Mormons have recorded this day as having been prophesied thousands of years back. The prophesy is contained in the literature of Mayans, the original inhabitants of America before European invasion. The return has no semblance with the predicted end of the world that was to take place on 21st December 2012.

Missouri is considered the site where Adam found refuge after expulsion from Eden. This is according to the literature of Mormons. They consider this land the New Jerusalem predicted in the bible. On this site, Adam gathered all his children and blessed them before his death. This gives the piece of land greater significance than any other in the world. It is the site where they will find peace.

The significance of the United Garden of Eden is magnified by successive Mormon leaders in their writing. They give account of how Adam gathered seven generations before his death for final blessings. This is the site that will unite all his children who dispersed as a result of religious persecution. Their return to the site will herald world peace.




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