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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."[http://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.
74:7.2 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]].
74:7.3 The teaching in these schools included instruction regarding:
*1. [[Health]] and the [[care]] of the [[body]].
*2. The [[golden rule]], the [[standard]] of [[social]] [[intercourse]].
*3. The [[relation]] of [[individual]] [[rights]] to [[group]] rights and [[community]] [[obligations]].
*4. [[History]] and [[culture]] of the various [[earth]] [[races]].
*5. [[Methods]] of advancing and improving world [[trade]].
*6. [[Co-ordination]] of [[conflicting]] [[duties]] and [[emotions]].
*7. The cultivation of [[play]], [[humor]], and [[competitive]] substitutes for [[physical]] [[violence|fighting]].
74:7.4 The schools, in [[fact]] every [[activity]] of [[the Garden]], were always open to visitors. Unarmed [[observers]] were freely admitted to [[Eden]] for short visits. To [[sojourn]] in [[the Garden]] a Urantian had to be "[[adopted]]." He received instructions in the [[plan]] and [[purpose]] of the Adamic [[bestowal]], signified his [[intention]] to [[adhere]] to this mission, and then made [[declaration]] of [[loyalty]] to the social rule of [[Adam]] and the [[spiritual]] [[sovereignty]] of the [[Universal Father]].
74:7.5 The [[laws]] of [[the Garden]] were based on the older codes of [[Dalamatia]] and were promulgated under seven heads:
*1. The [[laws]] of [[health]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation sanitation].
*2. The [[social]] regulations of [[the Garden]].
*3. The code of trade and [[commerce]].
*4. The [[laws]] of fair [[play]] and [[competition]].
*5. The [[laws]] of [[home]] life.
*6. The civil codes of the [[golden rule]].
*7. The [[seven]] commands of supreme [[moral]] rule.
74:7.6 The [[moral]] [[law]] of [[Eden]] was little [[different]] from the [http://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."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.9]
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]]"[http://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]].
74:7.8 [[Adam]] endeavored to teach the [[races]] [[sex]] [[equality]]. The way [[Eve]] worked by the side of her [[husband]] made a [[profound]] impression upon all dwellers in [[the Garden]]. Adam definitely taught them that the [[woman]], equally with the [[man]], [[contributes]] those life factors which unite to form a new [[being]]. Theretofore, [[mankind]] had presumed that all [[procreation]] resided in the "loins of the father."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_VII] They had looked upon the [[mother]] as being merely a provision for nurturing the unborn and nursing the newborn.
74:7.9 [[Adam]] taught his contemporaries all they could [[comprehend]], but that was not very much, [[comparatively]] speaking. Nevertheless, the more [[intelligent]] of the [[races]] of [[earth]] looked forward eagerly to the time when they would be permitted to [[Marriage|intermarry]] with the superior [[children]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race]. And what a [[different]] world [[Urantia]] would have become if this great [[plan]] of uplifting the [[races]] had been carried out! Even as it was, tremendous gains resulted from the small amount of the blood of this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE imported race] which the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary peoples] incidentally secured.
74:7.10 And thus did [[Adam]] [[work]] for the welfare and uplift of the world of his [[sojourn]]. But it was a [[difficult]] task to lead these mixed and mongrel peoples in the better way.
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[[Category:Paper 74 - Adam and Eve]]
74:7.1 The [[children]] of [[Adam]], except for four years' attendance at the western schools, lived and worked in the "east of Eden."[http://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.
74:7.2 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]].
74:7.3 The teaching in these schools included instruction regarding:
*1. [[Health]] and the [[care]] of the [[body]].
*2. The [[golden rule]], the [[standard]] of [[social]] [[intercourse]].
*3. The [[relation]] of [[individual]] [[rights]] to [[group]] rights and [[community]] [[obligations]].
*4. [[History]] and [[culture]] of the various [[earth]] [[races]].
*5. [[Methods]] of advancing and improving world [[trade]].
*6. [[Co-ordination]] of [[conflicting]] [[duties]] and [[emotions]].
*7. The cultivation of [[play]], [[humor]], and [[competitive]] substitutes for [[physical]] [[violence|fighting]].
74:7.4 The schools, in [[fact]] every [[activity]] of [[the Garden]], were always open to visitors. Unarmed [[observers]] were freely admitted to [[Eden]] for short visits. To [[sojourn]] in [[the Garden]] a Urantian had to be "[[adopted]]." He received instructions in the [[plan]] and [[purpose]] of the Adamic [[bestowal]], signified his [[intention]] to [[adhere]] to this mission, and then made [[declaration]] of [[loyalty]] to the social rule of [[Adam]] and the [[spiritual]] [[sovereignty]] of the [[Universal Father]].
74:7.5 The [[laws]] of [[the Garden]] were based on the older codes of [[Dalamatia]] and were promulgated under seven heads:
*1. The [[laws]] of [[health]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitation sanitation].
*2. The [[social]] regulations of [[the Garden]].
*3. The code of trade and [[commerce]].
*4. The [[laws]] of fair [[play]] and [[competition]].
*5. The [[laws]] of [[home]] life.
*6. The civil codes of the [[golden rule]].
*7. The [[seven]] commands of supreme [[moral]] rule.
74:7.6 The [[moral]] [[law]] of [[Eden]] was little [[different]] from the [http://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."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.9]
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]]"[http://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]].
74:7.8 [[Adam]] endeavored to teach the [[races]] [[sex]] [[equality]]. The way [[Eve]] worked by the side of her [[husband]] made a [[profound]] impression upon all dwellers in [[the Garden]]. Adam definitely taught them that the [[woman]], equally with the [[man]], [[contributes]] those life factors which unite to form a new [[being]]. Theretofore, [[mankind]] had presumed that all [[procreation]] resided in the "loins of the father."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_VII] They had looked upon the [[mother]] as being merely a provision for nurturing the unborn and nursing the newborn.
74:7.9 [[Adam]] taught his contemporaries all they could [[comprehend]], but that was not very much, [[comparatively]] speaking. Nevertheless, the more [[intelligent]] of the [[races]] of [[earth]] looked forward eagerly to the time when they would be permitted to [[Marriage|intermarry]] with the superior [[children]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race]. And what a [[different]] world [[Urantia]] would have become if this great [[plan]] of uplifting the [[races]] had been carried out! Even as it was, tremendous gains resulted from the small amount of the blood of this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE imported race] which the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolutionary peoples] incidentally secured.
74:7.10 And thus did [[Adam]] [[work]] for the welfare and uplift of the world of his [[sojourn]]. But it was a [[difficult]] task to lead these mixed and mongrel peoples in the better way.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_74 Go to Paper 74]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 74 - Adam and Eve]]