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| THOROAH: For that sunken [[Garden of Eden]]. I suppose it's still in the [[Mediterranean]] someplace. [Editor's note: [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:3._THE_GARDEN_SITE UB page 826-7] | | THOROAH: For that sunken [[Garden of Eden]]. I suppose it's still in the [[Mediterranean]] someplace. [Editor's note: [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73#73:3._THE_GARDEN_SITE UB page 826-7] |
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− | TOMAS: It was something like 35,000 years ago. It would probably show no remnants of its earlier [[glory]], although if one were to go down there, as was afforded the [[scientists]] who raised the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic Titanic], they might be able to [[discover]] some of the aqueducts and the [[temple]] if they knew what they were looking for, but that's a project that has not been formulated yet in the minds of Urantians.[http://www.press.daynal.org/catalog/atlantis.html] | + | TOMAS: It was something like 35,000 years ago. It would probably show no remnants of its earlier [[glory]], although if one were to go down there, as was afforded the [[scientists]] who raised the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic Titanic], they might be able to [[discover]] some of the aqueducts and the [[temple]] if they knew what they were looking for, but that's a project that has not been formulated yet in the minds of Urantians.[https://www.press.daynal.org/catalog/atlantis.html] |
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− | THOROAH: No. They are more interested in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah's_Ark Noah's Ark] than the [[Garden of Eden]]. | + | THOROAH: No. They are more interested in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah's_Ark Noah's Ark] than the [[Garden of Eden]]. |
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− | Evangel had another question. It's along the same line. This has to do with something that was revealed in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls Dead Sea Scrolls] and, of course, the [[Bible]] talks about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah Sodom and Gomorrah]. The Dead Sea Scrolls said something about it, but the [[Urantia Book]] said something about "the natural disaster that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah" and, [[curiosity]] being what it is, we were wondering what kind of a natural [[disaster]] that could have gained this [[mythological]] [[proportion]]. | + | Evangel had another question. It's along the same line. This has to do with something that was revealed in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls Dead Sea Scrolls] and, of course, the [[Bible]] talks about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodom_and_Gomorrah Sodom and Gomorrah]. The Dead Sea Scrolls said something about it, but the [[Urantia Book]] said something about "the natural disaster that destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah" and, [[curiosity]] being what it is, we were wondering what kind of a natural [[disaster]] that could have gained this [[mythological]] [[proportion]]. |
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− | TOMAS: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes Volcano], is my understanding. That would be called a natural disaster, when the earth erupts and [[buries]] a [[city]]. It is my understanding that it was a volcano eruption, but I could be wrong. It may have been earthquake or other, but I think it was volcano. | + | TOMAS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes Volcano], is my understanding. That would be called a natural disaster, when the earth erupts and [[buries]] a [[city]]. It is my understanding that it was a volcano eruption, but I could be wrong. It may have been earthquake or other, but I think it was volcano. |
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| THOROAH: Well, that would be a -- [[thinking]] of what a volcano can do and considering the times -- a "vengeful God," in the [[context]] of those days. That might have been a good [[representation]] of such vengeance, for a volcano to spew forth. | | THOROAH: Well, that would be a -- [[thinking]] of what a volcano can do and considering the times -- a "vengeful God," in the [[context]] of those days. That might have been a good [[representation]] of such vengeance, for a volcano to spew forth. |
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− | TOMAS: Oh, yes, those old [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology gods and goddesses] blew their tops frequently. | + | TOMAS: Oh, yes, those old [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology gods and goddesses] blew their tops frequently. |
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| THOROAH: Thank you for the [[common sense]] approach to some things we get so [[fascinated]] by, sometimes we don't see the obvious. | | THOROAH: Thank you for the [[common sense]] approach to some things we get so [[fascinated]] by, sometimes we don't see the obvious. |