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When it rained in the Garden of Eden, where did Adam and Eve find shelter? Did they hide in a cave? Was there a house already provided? Did they build one themselves and if so, was it still paradise while ever swept the floor and Adam took out the trash and made repairs?

If Adam and Eve were immortal before the fall, then what happened if they didn't drink any water? Since they wouldn't die, would they just stop moving as their bodies kept losing water through breathing? Did they simply not breathe? Also, where did they get energy from? If they wouldn't die by not eating, what would happen? How did they keep from violating the laws of themodynamics?

Who took care of the garden? Why didn't weeds grow there and what counts as a weed anyhow? How did they keep the place looking nice instead of wild?

And why in the world can Goofy talk but Pluto can't?

John Larsen wrote:And why in the world can Goofy talk but Pluto can't?

Because the amount of talking one does is inversely proportional to one's intelligence.

The point of my strange questions is that I often hear excuses to obvious or well-known questions. Strange questions are harder to answer and in my opinion are more likely to get someone to question their own assumptions or understanding. Sometimes I get creative answers. Somtimes it sheds some light on where my thoughts are going wrong and why. I find strange questions like this one are more effective than confrontational questions about things like polygamy where people automatically go into fighting mode.

I also like strange questions for the humor of it.

asbestosman wrote:When it rained in the Garden of Eden, where did Adam and Eve find shelter? Did they hide in a cave? Was there a house already provided? Did they build one themselves and if so, was it still paradise while ever swept the floor and Adam took out the trash and made repairs?

If Adam and Eve were immortal before the fall, then what happened if they didn't drink any water? Since they wouldn't die, would they just stop moving as their bodies kept losing water through breathing? Did they simply not breathe? Also, where did they get energy from? If they wouldn't die by not eating, what would happen? How did they keep from violating the laws of themodynamics?

Who took care of the garden? Why didn't weeds grow there and what counts as a weed anyhow? How did they keep the place looking nice instead of wild?

Obviously, God put some angels in the garden to keep it up and to the clean up that is nescessary to keep it in a state that was holy enough for God to visit from time to time. And obviously, Adam and Eve were still eating and drinking spiritual food and water which left no waste and was completely filling and satisfying.

Asbestosman, you need to study more, pray more, and if you were more righteous you would know the answers to these simple questions.

When it rained in the Garden of Eden, where did Adam and Eve find shelter? Did they hide in a cave? Was there a house already provided? Did they build one themselves and if so, was it still paradise while ever swept the floor and Adam took out the trash and made repairs?

Rain does not effect unfallen beings.

If Adam and Eve were immortal before the fall, then what happened if they didn't drink any water?

In their state, as in all unfallen worlds, there is no need to drink water. One is continuously nourished through the essence of existence.

Since they wouldn't die, would they just stop moving as their bodies kept losing water through breathing? Did they simply not breathe? Also, where did they get energy from? If they wouldn't die by not eating, what would happen? How did they keep from violating the laws of themodynamics?

Science does not have the answers... you must expand your paradigm. Unfallen beings do not need to breathe or eat or anything else. They are in a different realm where the needs of fallen humans are not required.

Who took care of the garden?

It took care of itself, like it always did prior to A&E being placed in it.

Why didn't weeds grow there and what counts as a weed anyhow? How did they keep the place looking nice instead of wild?

Silly Asbestosman, it was perfect. No need to worry about it. You keep thinking in terms of our human fallen world. Maybe you should pray about this a bit more! ;-) Ohh, and wild can be VERY nice!

~dancer~

asbestosman wrote:When it rained in the Garden of Eden, where did Adam and Eve find shelter? Did they hide in a cave? Was there a house already provided? Did they build one themselves and if so, was it still paradise while ever swept the floor and Adam took out the trash and made repairs?

If Adam and Eve were immortal before the fall, then what happened if they didn't drink any water? Since they wouldn't die, would they just stop moving as their bodies kept losing water through breathing? Did they simply not breathe? Also, where did they get energy from? If they wouldn't die by not eating, what would happen? How did they keep from violating the laws of themodynamics?

Who took care of the garden? Why didn't weeds grow there and what counts as a weed anyhow? How did they keep the place looking nice instead of wild?

Allegorically speaking, why does any of this matter?

There is zero evidence that Adam and Eve lived.

Since you are a believing member of LDS, you only need to believe it happened as told to you.

Boaz & Lidia wrote: Allegorically speaking, why does any of this matter?

When I was in 4th or 5th grade I would have been intensely interested in who would win in a fight between Green Lantern and Superman.

Boaz & Lidia wrote: Allegorically speaking, why does any of this matter?

It only does matter allegorically.

A better allegory, in my opinion, is William Blake's reworking of the Garden of Eden myth in which "the fall" is a result of nature-repressing, life-denying, man-made religious organizations:

The Garden of Love

I went to the Garden of Love,
And saw what I never had seen:
A Chapel was built in the midst,
Where I used to play on the green.

And the gates of this Chapel were shut,
And "Thou shalt not" writ over the door;
So I turned to the Garden of Love,
That so many sweet flowers bore;

And I saw it was filled with graves,
And tombstones where flowers should be;
And Priests in black gowns were walking their rounds,
And binding with briars my joys and desires.

Maybe Adam and Eve were actually the world's first zombies.

Where'd they use the bathroom? If they were commanded to not squeeze the Charmin, but disobeyed and did so anyway, was it really a good thing?