The Bible tells us that God was lonely, and hungering for companionship, he created the first human--Adam. Because Adam needed a place to live, God then created the Garden of Eden. Eventually God saw that Adam, too, was lonely, so He took a rib from Adam and used it to create the first woman--Eve. Apparently loneliness abounded in the Bible.
The issue of loneliness begs the question: Why was God lonely? Was not Heaven populated by beautiful angels? Why was God unable to find companionship with them?
Accepting the premise that God sought companionship, he created Adam and Eve and placed them in a paradise on earth called the Garden of Eden. Next we have to ask ourselves how this alleviated God's loneliness.He did not interact with Adam and Eve. Instead, He looked down upon them from Heaven like someone observing goldfish in a bowl. Logic would dictate that if God was lonely, he would have kept Adam and Eve with Him in Heaven, where the three of them would have been able to interact and communicate directly, while enjoying the fruits of real companionship. Looking at it from a smaller scale, what would more effectively eliminate loneliness? Goldfish in a bowl? Or a playful and loyal dog?
Like virtually all Bible stories, this one lacks any logic and is burdened with contradictions and paradoxes that can only be attributed to the ancient, superstitious and unscientific minds that created them.
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