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| 74:7.1 The [[children]] of [[Adam]], except for four years' attendance at the western schools, lived and worked in the "east of Eden."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] They were [[trained]] [[intellectually]] until they were sixteen in [[accordance]] with the [[methods]] of the [[Jerusem]] schools. From sixteen to twenty they were taught in the [[Urantia]] schools at the other end of [[the Garden]], serving there also as [[teachers]] in the lower grades. | | 74:7.1 The [[children]] of [[Adam]], except for four years' attendance at the western schools, lived and worked in the "east of Eden."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.2] They were [[trained]] [[intellectually]] until they were sixteen in [[accordance]] with the [[methods]] of the [[Jerusem]] schools. From sixteen to twenty they were taught in the [[Urantia]] schools at the other end of [[the Garden]], serving there also as [[teachers]] in the lower grades. |
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− | 74:7.2 The entire [[purpose]] of the western school [[system]] of [[the Garden]] was [[socialization]]. The forenoon periods of recess were [[devoted]] to [[practical]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture]] and [[agriculture]], the afternoon periods to [[competitive]] [[play]]. The evenings were employed in [[social]] [[intercourse]] and the cultivation of [[personal]] [[friendships]]. [[Religious]] and [[sexual]] [[training]] were regarded as the province of the [[home]], the [[duty]] of [[parents]]. | + | 74:7.2 The entire [[purpose]] of the western school [[system]] of [[the Garden]] was [[socialization]]. The forenoon periods of recess were [[devoted]] to [[practical]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture]] and [[agriculture]], the afternoon periods to [[competitive]] [[play]]. The evenings were employed in [[social]] [[intercourse]] and the cultivation of [[personal]] [[friendships]]. [[Religious]] and [[sexual]] [[training]] were regarded as the province of the [[home]], the [[duty]] of [[parents]]. |
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| 74:7.3 The teaching in these schools included instruction regarding: | | 74:7.3 The teaching in these schools included instruction regarding: |
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| 74:7.5 The [[laws]] of [[the Garden]] were based on the older codes of [[Dalamatia]] and were promulgated under seven heads: | | 74:7.5 The [[laws]] of [[the Garden]] were based on the older codes of [[Dalamatia]] and were promulgated under seven heads: |
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− | *1. The [[laws]] of [[health]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation sanitation]. | + | *1. The [[laws]] of [[health]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation sanitation]. |
| *2. The [[social]] regulations of [[the Garden]]. | | *2. The [[social]] regulations of [[the Garden]]. |
| *3. The code of trade and [[commerce]]. | | *3. The code of trade and [[commerce]]. |
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| *7. The [[seven]] commands of supreme [[moral]] rule. | | *7. The [[seven]] commands of supreme [[moral]] rule. |
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− | 74:7.6 The [[moral]] [[law]] of [[Eden]] was little [[different]] from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:7._LIFE_IN_DALAMATIA seven commandments of Dalamatia]. But the Adamites taught many additional reasons for these commands; for instance, regarding the injunction against [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder murder], the indwelling of the [[Thought Adjuster]] was presented as an additional [[reason]] for not destroying [[human]] life. They taught that "whoso sheds man's blood by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.9] | + | 74:7.6 The [[moral]] [[law]] of [[Eden]] was little [[different]] from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:7._LIFE_IN_DALAMATIA seven commandments of Dalamatia]. But the Adamites taught many additional reasons for these commands; for instance, regarding the injunction against [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder murder], the indwelling of the [[Thought Adjuster]] was presented as an additional [[reason]] for not destroying [[human]] life. They taught that "whoso sheds man's blood by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.9] |
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| 74:7.7 The [[public]] [[worship]] hour of [[Eden]] was noon; sunset was the hour of [[family]] [[worship]]. [[Adam]] did his best to discourage the use of set [[prayers]], teaching that [[effective]] [[prayer]] must be wholly [[individual]], that it must be the "[[desire]] of the [[soul]]"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.26]; but the Edenites continued to use the [[prayers]] and forms handed down from the times of [[Dalamatia]]. [[Adam]] also endeavored to substitute the offerings of the fruit of the [[land]] for the blood [[sacrifices]] in the [[religious]] [[ceremonies]] but had made little [[progress]] before the disruption of [[the Garden]]. | | 74:7.7 The [[public]] [[worship]] hour of [[Eden]] was noon; sunset was the hour of [[family]] [[worship]]. [[Adam]] did his best to discourage the use of set [[prayers]], teaching that [[effective]] [[prayer]] must be wholly [[individual]], that it must be the "[[desire]] of the [[soul]]"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.26]; but the Edenites continued to use the [[prayers]] and forms handed down from the times of [[Dalamatia]]. [[Adam]] also endeavored to substitute the offerings of the fruit of the [[land]] for the blood [[sacrifices]] in the [[religious]] [[ceremonies]] but had made little [[progress]] before the disruption of [[the Garden]]. |