Was Eden a true paradise?

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It is interesting that you ask this question because it bothered me too when i was reading it. I don't think any of the explanations really satisfied this question for me, which makes me question how strong the story is.
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The murder didn't occur in the Garden of Eden.
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Eden was a true paradise. The murder happened after Adam and Eve were thrown out if the garden.
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The question is unclear. However, the bible describes Eden as a Paradise but after the fall of Adam and Eve, they were chased out of Eden. The murder was never in Eden.
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Eden is always pradaise as I undertand it but if you know the show called "The 100" there's a land that survived on earth after the nuclear bombs were activated on earth, the land was called Eden.
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The context of your question isn't quite clear, but yes eden was a Paradise!
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Eden was really paradise. From what I understand from your question, the murder did not occur in the garden of Eden as Adam and Eve had already been sent out of the garden
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I don't think a murder occured in the Garden of Eden in the book. Do you mean you think Adam and Eve's children cannot commit murder because they originate from Eden?
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Based on the beautiful descriptions found in the Bible, I believe it was. Reading about Eden gives me a picture of perfection.
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Affirmative, Eden was a true paradise. Adam and Eve were already banished from the garden, though the murder shouldn’t really be in Eden and instead was simply on Earth. But I opine that Eden truly was a true garden.
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Eden was a true paradise, it was described as heaven on earth according to the bible.
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Yes, Eden was a true paradise according to how it was described in the bible. Adam and Eve failed God and that's and were chased away.
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Eden was a true paradise. The murder happened after Adam and Eve had been thrown out. It didn't taint the purity of Eden.
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You question isn't clear to me, but based on my mere understanding of your question, Yes, eden was a garden and could be or couldn't be synonymous to Paradise.
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Eden was true paradise, however it was marred by the sin that was committed there.
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