Showing posts with label Garden of Eden. Show all posts
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Monday, December 19, 2016

The real-life garden of Eden?

Source Website: http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161128-the-real-life-garden-of-eden?ocid=AsiaOne
By Hillary Richard, BBC, 5 December 2016


The coco de mer has spawned so many legends that the tree is fabled and revered in lands far beyond the Seychelles.
PHOTO: The coco de mer has spawned so many legends that the tree is fabled and revered in lands far beyond the Seychelles. The trees towered above all other vegetation.
Despite the large number of nuts that were often washed up on the beaches of the Maldives, not a single one had ever germinated; 1,200 islands and atolls in the Maldives Archipelago and not a single Coco de Mer palm tree to be seen anywhere!
The Coco de Mer nuts that floated on ocean currents from the Seychelles to the Maldives were the rotten and infertile ones that could never germinate.
Healthy nuts became rotten and infertile after their fruits fell off the trees and landed in the sea. Healthy fruits that landed in the sea were very dense and heavy; as a result they were incapable of floating on water and sunk to the bottom. The fruits stayed at the bottom of the sea for a few months; during this time underwater the outer skin (or ‘husk’) rotted away and fell off, exposing the nut to sea water.
Gases now formed inside the nut making it much lighter. The nut then rose to the surface; it could now float but was no longer fertile. So when the ocean currents washed the nut onto the distant beaches of the Maldives several months later the nut could never germinate.
By way of contrast the Coco de Mer’s distant relative, the coconut, (Cocos nucifera) could germinate after spending months in sea water. [3]
Painting by Marianne North - Coco de Mer Gorge in Praslin, with distant view of Mahe Silhouette and the Cousins (1883)
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In 1881, General Charles Gordon (later known as Gordon of Khartoum) embarked on a long voyage to an archipelago off East Africa. The Seychelles, a group of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, spent most of their existence completely uninhabited by humans. The British officer didn’t know what to expect – but no one was prepared for what he found.


The Seychelles, a group of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, off East Africa.
PHOTO: The Seychelles, a group of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, off East Africa.
Picture by Ron Blakely, Northern Arizona University
Picture posted by Science for all, written by a teacher working in British schools [3]
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Gordon, a religious man and a Christian cosmologist, recognized this land from descriptions in the Book of Genesis: it was the Garden of Eden.


The Vallée de Mai is one of the world’s smallest Unesco World Heritage sites
PHOTO: The Vallée de Mai is one of the world’s smallest Unesco World Heritage sites
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Here, 135 years later, I stood in the same valley as Gordon on the island of Praslin, aware of what I had come to see but still equally entranced. Within the first few steps of entering the Vallée de Mai, I was enveloped in a world of intense greenery. Palm branches fanned out, weaving together to form a thick canopy that blocked out the sky. Everywhere I turned, a dense forest of enormous trees reached dizzying heights of 30m, their branches engulfing their surroundings with palm fronds 10m long and 4m wide.


The island of Praslin, a world of intense greenery with palm trees abd thick canopy that blocked out the sky.
PHOTO: The island of Praslin, a world of intense greenery with palm trees abd thick canopy that blocked out the sky. The enormous trees reached heights of 30m, their branches engulfing their surroundings with palm fronds 10m long and 4m wide.
Painting by Marianne North - Waterfall in the Gorge of the Coco de Mer, Praslin
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There were no signs of human life apart from an earthen path that was often obscured by the overflowing plant life. Here, in a jungle of ancient palms, there was the distinct sense that this was a place unlike any other in the world. Everything was larger, bolder, denser, wilder. I didn’t have to wonder how the Vallée de Mai must have looked to Gordon back then; the forest has remained largely untouched since prehistoric times.


The Vallée de Mai has remained largely untouched by humans
PHOTO: The Vallée de Mai has remained largely untouched by humans
As the climate of the Seychelles became warmer and wetter the vegetation on the islands became taller and more dense. These conditions encouraged the growth of tropical rainforests. [3]
Painting by Marianne North - Palms in Mahe Seychelles
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It’s not just the paradise-like abundance that suggested Gordon’s theory. The Vallée de Mai is home to a particularly mysterious allusion to the birth of man and woman: the coco de mer, a rare type of palm tree known for its suggestive “male” and “female” seeds that bear an uncanny resemblance to human reproductive body parts. The seeds – the largest and heaviest in the plant kingdom – are even adult-sized, reaching weights of up to 30kg.


Male and Female Trees of the Coco de Mer in Praslin (1883)
PHOTO: Male and Female Trees of the Coco de Mer in Praslin (1883)
Painting by Marianne North
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The coco de mer has spawned so many legends that the tree is fabled and revered in lands far beyond the Seychelles. When these oversized, suggestively shaped seeds washed up on the shores of the Arabian Peninsula hundreds of years ago, they quickly gathered a mythical momentum. They were seen as symbols and gifts of fertility; rumours swirled about their powerful aphrodisiac qualities. It was widely assumed the large seeds were coconuts that had floated away from undersea palm trees; Middle Eastern princes offered a fortune for these rare treasures, and people took to the treacherous oceans, searching erroneously for the underwater palm tree.

The mystery was finally solved in 1768 when French explorer Marion du Fresne discovered Coco de Mer nuts growing on dry land.  He found them growing inside fruits ….… of a previously unknown species of palm tree. This new species of palm (named the ‘Coco de Mer’) grew in isolated valleys on Praslin Island in the Seychelles. The trees towered above all other vegetation. [3]


The 'female' seeds resemble the human reproductive body parts.
PHOTO: Coco de Mer is also the name of a British firm that makes sexy lingerie
When these oversized, suggestively shaped seeds washed up on the shores of the Arabian Peninsula hundreds of years ago, they quickly gathered a mythical momentum. Many fashion business spring into action.
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The sensitive tree is endemic to Praslin and the neighbouring island of Curieuse, but it truly thrives in the Vallee de Mai. It takes three months for a seed to germinate, and it must remain exactly where it fell, untouched, in order to grow. Legends of the coco de mer spread far and wide, but the truth was even stranger than fiction. Thanks to the trees’ staggered growth patterns, where palms growing the large “male” seeds exist next to ones that bear only “female” seeds, imaginations ran wild – particularly on windy nights, when the male and female parts intertwined.


The flower of the Coco de Mer, Valle de Mai, Praslin, Seychelles.
PHOTO: The flower of the Coco de Mer, Valle de Mai, Praslin, Seychelles.
The large “male” seeds. When God created Adam and Eve he probably used the Coco de Mer palm tree on the island of Praslin as a template. The palms coconut is the world's largest and shaped like a woman's abdomen and the trees male flowers resemble the man's private parts. When sailors in the 1700s discovered the erotic nuts after months at sea, it is said that they went completely bananas. [2]
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In its 40 years of independence, the Seychelles has gone to great lengths to protect its Garden of Eden, one of the world’s smallest Unesco World Heritage sites.

The coco de mer is the symbol of the Seychelles; park rangers guard the protected land proudly and fiercely, and the seeds are strictly regulated. Both tourists and locals need a permit to buy the coco de mer seed, and only certain rangers are allowed to collect a limited number from the Vallée de Mai area. Anyone else caught taking one faces five years of jail time.


Geiko on the male organ of a 'coco de mer', valley of Mai, in Praslin
PHOTO: The highly endangered black parrot builds its nest in the coco de mer tree
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The valley is home to a variety of small creatures, all with uncanny abilities to hide in plain sight. There are geckos, oversized slugs, tree frogs, chameleons, insects, and of course, the Garden of Eden’s famous snakes. Then there is the forest’s famous and rare black parrot, which builds its nest in the bowl of the coco de mer tree. The lives of these birds and the survival of the coco de mer are intertwined: the parrots pollinate the trees, and the trees are the only place the parrots will nest.


The Garden of Eden’s famous Eve and the Snake
PHOTO: The Garden of Eden’s famous Eve and the Snake
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The islands of the Seychelles are home to many mysteries. Only 12 of the archipelago’s 115 islands are inhabited. Praslin is one; like the other islands, its granite base is ringed with some of the world’s most beautiful white-sand beaches guarded by the towering boulders found everywhere across the Seychelles. Here, in the small Vallée de Mai, it’s hard to remember that the rest of the world exists only a few kilometres away.


The beautiful beach of Anse Lazio, Praslin, Seychelles.
PHOTO: The beautiful beach of Anse Lazio, Praslin, Seychelles.
If you have enough of the unique palm forests of Praslin, you can relax at Anse Lazio, the island's finest beach. When the German travel magazine Reise & Priese's readers named the 12 most beautiful beaches in the world, six of them were located in the Seychelles. Anse Lazio was named the most beautiful - and we know very well why. The coral sand you find here is fine grained and white and the water azure blue. When the rays of the sun shine through the water it is easy to detect the shadows of fish and sea turtles in the crystal clear waters. This mile-long beach is the island's most touristy, but still it is a long way to the neighbours towel. Only a handful of tourists find their way here on a busy day. [2]
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For centuries, scholars have debated the original site of the Garden of Eden. Walking through the Vallée de Mai, with its larger-than-life nature and rare peculiarities, it’s easy to see why in this part of the world, there is little doubt.


With its incredible nature and rarities, it’s easy to see how this could be the Garden of Eden
PHOTO: With its incredible nature and rarities, it’s easy to see how this could be the Garden of Eden
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By Hillary Richard, BBC, 5 December 2016
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Reference
[1] Hillary Richard, posted on 5 December 2016, The real-life garden of Eden?, http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161128-the-real-life-garden-of-eden?ocid=AsiaOne

[2] Marcus Karlsen travel & nature photography, SEYCHELLES – Tortoises, pirates and erotic nuts in the lost continent, http://www.marcuskarlsen.com/travel/seychelles.html

[3] Science for all, written by a teacher working in British schools. Science topics reflect author's own nterests. Coco de Mer Palm Tree, http://www.newtonsapple.org.uk/coco-de-mer-palm-tree/

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Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Reflection - "Did God create evil?"

Source Website: http://www.gotquestions.org/did-God-create-evil.html
By Got Questions Ministries © Copyright 2002-2015 and Bible Questions Answered (www.gotquestions.org)


God allowed these free angels and humans to choose good or reject good (evil).
PHOTO: God allowed these free angels and humans to choose good or reject good (evil). When a bad relationship exists between two good things we call that evil, but it does not become a “thing” that required God to create it.
God did not create evil, but He allowed it. If He had not allowed evil, we would be worshipping Him out of obligation, not by a choice of our own will.
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At first it might seem that if God created all things, then evil must have been created by God. However, evil is not a “thing” like a rock or electricity. You cannot have a jar of evil. Evil has no existence of its own; it is really the absence of good. For example, holes are real but they only exist in something else. We call the absence of dirt a hole, but it cannot be separated from the dirt. So when God created, it is true that all He created was good. One of the good things God made was creatures who had the freedom to choose good. In order to have a real choice, God had to allow there to be something besides good to choose. So, God allowed these free angels and humans to choose good or reject good (evil). When a bad relationship exists between two good things we call that evil, but it does not become a “thing” that required God to create it.


When God created, it is true that all He created was good.
PHOTO: When God created, it is true that all He created was good. One of the good things God made was creatures who had the freedom to choose good.
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Perhaps a further illustration will help. If a person is asked, “Does cold exist?” the answer would likely be “yes.” However, this is incorrect. Cold does not exist. Cold is the absence of heat. Similarly, darkness does not exist; it is the absence of light. Evil is the absence of good, or better, evil is the absence of God. God did not have to create evil, but rather only allow for the absence of good.

God did not create evil, but He does allow evil. If God had not allowed for the possibility of evil, both mankind and angels would be serving God out of obligation, not choice. He did not want “robots” that simply did what He wanted them to do because of their “programming.” God allowed for the possibility of evil so that we could genuinely have a free will and choose whether or not we wanted to serve Him.


Why did God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden?
PHOTO: Why did God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden?
[1] There was nothing essentially evil about the tree or the fruit of the tree. It is unlikely that eating the fruit truly gave Adam and Eve any further knowledge. It was the act of disobedience that opened Adam and Eve’s eyes to evil. Their sin of disobeying God brought sin and evil into the world and into their lives. Eating the fruit, as an act of disobedience against God, was what gave Adam and Eve knowledge of evil (Genesis 3:6-7).
God created Adam and Eve to be “free” beings, able to make decisions, able to choose between good and evil. In order for Adam and Eve to truly be free, they had to have a choice.  If God had not given Adam and Eve the choice, they would have essentially been robots, simply doing what they were programmed to do. [1]

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As finite human beings, we can never fully understand an infinite God (Romans 11:33-34). Sometimes we think we understand why God is doing something, only to find out later that it was for a different purpose than we originally thought. God looks at things from a holy, eternal perspective. We look at things from a sinful, earthly, and temporal perspective. Why did God put man on earth knowing that Adam and Eve would sin and therefore bring evil, death, and suffering on all mankind? Why didn’t He just create us all and leave us in heaven where we would be perfect and without suffering? These questions cannot be adequately answered this side of eternity. What we can know is whatever God does is holy and perfect and ultimately will glorify Him. God allowed for the possibility of evil in order to give us a true choice in regards to whether we worship Him. God did not create evil, but He allowed it. If He had not allowed evil, we would be worshipping Him out of obligation, not by a choice of our own will.

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Adam, Eve and Satan
PHOTO: Adam, Eve and Satan
God did not create evil, but He allowed it. If He had not allowed evil, we would be worshipping Him out of obligation, not by a choice of our own will.
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Lucifer rebelled against God
PHOTO: Lucifer rebelled against God, his words were, "I will not serve."
[2] If God is good—and can do only good—but Satan is evil, then who created Satan?
God created Satan.
Scripture proclaims that “all things” were created by God and for God. It makes sense, therefore, that this comprehensive category—“all things”—includes even the devil.
After all, if God wasn’t responsible for the creation of Satan, then who was? Another powerful being? If so, then that being would—at least in one sphere of existence—be in charge. There would be a realm over which the God of the Bible wouldn’t be in complete control.

God created Satan good.
As the source of all goodness, beauty, and truth, God creates only what is consistent with his nature. That is, God creates only things that are good, beautiful, and true.
Every facet of creation, whether in heaven or on earth, was originally “very good.” The Apostle Paul says it clearly: “Everything God created is good.” The character of the Creator is entirely pure; there isn’t a shred of darkness within him.
Obviously, something went wrong.

Satan’s evil came from within himself.
No one was around to tempt or lure Satan into sin; his evil arose from within. It’s not surprising, then, that Jesus would call him “the father of lies” and “a murderer from the beginning”—language hearkening back to the very outset of history.
God did not create evil, even though He knew about it.  By his pride when Lucifer rebelled against God, his words were, "I will not serve."  Lucifer spoke rebellion against God into existence by these words. (This is why obedience of mind and heart is such a powerful weapon against the evil one.)  Rebellion and all that is evil is the sole creation of the evil one.

Lingering questions
There remain many unanswered questions on which the Scriptures are simply silent. How could a morally pure creature rebel against God? Why did the other angels join the revolt? When did all of this happen?
Even though Christians don’t know all the answers, we do know the God who does. And we know that “the reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work.” [2]
Picture posted by Adele Horne on 21 October 2013 at 11:01 pm (Where Does Evil Come From?)
 
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Reference
[1] http://www.gotquestions.org/tree-knowledge-good-evil.html,  "Why did God put the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden?", By Got Questions Ministries © Copyright 2002-2015 and Bible Questions Answered (www.gotquestions.org).

[2] http://www.exploregod.com/who-created-satan?gclid=CMuYvbngz8QCFdYXjgodInsAkA, Who Created Satan?, By Matt Smethurst, © 2014 Explore God.

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