Did Eden really exist? Why were Adam and Eve banished? Should we try to get back? The crew today debunks some common misconceptions surrounding the paradise in Genesis by examining the garden through a symbolic lens. Traditionally, gardens are understood as enclosures that keep chaos on the outside. Then why in the world were Adam and Eve (i.e. all of us) stepping outside and inviting in disorder? We have an uncanny tendency of thinking that the grass is always greener! Does it sound like a little redemption is in order? Listen to learn how and why we should pay a visit to the primordial garden.
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LINKS

• Where "scholars" think Eden exists geographically. But can we really put it on a map?
• Eden in Scripture (Genesis 2)
• #378 of Catholic Catechism on what happens in the Garden of Eden
• Canto 26 of Dante's Paradiso
• Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, "Leaving the Garden"