Marijuana in the Garden of Eden?!!

Damasta · Post by **Damasta** » Fri May 15, 2009 9:41 pm

So watching the endowment video (the one with the brunette Eve), I've noticed that there's a tree that appears several times in the Garden of Eden that looks similar to...well...marijuana leaves. It's especially prominent in one scene which shows a pair of doves. I've always wondered what that tree was. After a little searching, I finally found it: Japanese maple (Acer palmatum cultivar 'Sango Kaku'). I no longer have to wonder.

Nanti-SARRMM · Post by **Nanti-SARRMM** » Fri May 15, 2009 10:05 pm

That is interesting to think that the Garden of Eden would have marijuana plants in it. Of course Adam and Eve wouldn't know what to do with it, but it'd still be there.

Unit of Energy · Post by **Unit of Energy** » Fri May 15, 2009 11:26 pm

George Washington grew marijuana. But he grew it to make ropes.

vorpal blade · Post by **vorpal blade** » Mon May 18, 2009 5:07 pm

Actually, there are a number of things I wonder if they were in the garden of Eden. Mosquitoes, for example.

NerdGirl · Post by **NerdGirl** » Mon May 18, 2009 7:44 pm

I always figured the mosquitos just didn't bite anything because they couldn't die yet, so they didn't need to eat.

Tao · Post by **Tao** » Mon May 18, 2009 8:04 pm

Hemp makes fine ropes, tobacco makes for ideal poultices and mosquitoes primarily eat nectar, the females only take a blood meal to develop their eggs. Pre-fall, no worries there. It is rather difficult to think of something that would truly be out of place in the Garden of Eden.

vorpal blade · Post by **vorpal blade** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:31 am

Interesting. I wonder what the meat eaters ate. Do vampires mostly eat fruits?

Didn't Brigham Young say there were no mosquitoes in the Garden of Eden?

Fredjikrang · Post by **Fredjikrang** » Tue May 19, 2009 10:48 am

It is possible, but Brigham Young said a lot of things that were not doctrine.

Tao · Post by **Tao** » Tue May 19, 2009 9:25 pm

vorpal blade wrote:Interesting. I wonder what the meat eaters ate. Do vampires mostly eat fruits?

Vampire bats? Yes, I believe so. As for eating meat, I don't think there is any reference to man eating meat until after the flood, so I doubt it would be that hard to imagine animals in the Garden being similarly inclined.

Darth Fedora · Post by **Darth Fedora** » Wed May 20, 2009 12:05 am

Nah, vampire bats only eat blood. That's why they're called vampire bats...Also, I read an article in Natural History talking about how bats learned to mimic baby chicks so they could nuzzle up to the momma hen and suck her blood without her freaking out. So cool!

Damasta · Post by **Damasta** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:27 am

It is rather difficult to think of something that would truly be out of place in the Garden of Eden.

How about Cymothoa exigua? Or, for that matter, Balaenoptera musculus?

Nanti-SARRMM · Post by **Nanti-SARRMM** » Tue May 26, 2009 8:21 am

Considering we believe that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri, unless there was a deep lake nearby, then yes the blue whale would be out of place. But I don't think the Blue Whale actually counts as not being able to fit into the Garden as it could physically not live there.