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Does the Bible make a case against Pursuit of Civilization?

Oghenovo Obrimah, PhD
8 min readJun 27, 2020

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Some persons assume man (generic ‘man’, that is, ‘mankind’) lives in consonance with true essence of life only if man lives in direct contact with nature. Within context of this view of life, civilization itself — roads, bridges, concrete, food that is refrigerated and transported thousands of miles etc. — is enemy of true essence of life on earth. True essence of life consists then in engagement with nature by every man (male or female), with outcome there is not any demand for professions.

While there exist many varied rationales that are espoused for the belief that man ought to live in direct contact with nature, perhaps the most popular, but yet, when you think about it, the most internally self contradictory rationale is derived from the Bible’s account of creation and fall of man.

In the Bible — the Book of Genesis, chs. 1 through 3 — God places man in a garden, and it is not until man sins that man’s progenitors, Adam and Eve become aware of nakedness of their physical bodies, bodies, which hitherto had been shrouded in some spiritual covering provided by God.

Some argue that if, prior to sin, man lived in a garden, as such, in direct contact with nature, that attempts at regaining of true essence of life require a return to the original intent, namely, living in direct contact with…

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Oghenovo Obrimah, PhD
Oghenovo Obrimah, PhD

Written by Oghenovo Obrimah, PhD

Educator and Researcher, Believer in Spirituality, Life is serious business, but we all are pilgrims so I write about important stuff with empathy and ethos

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