Choco, Regarding Mecca... its a very interesting Question.. really thanks for bringing it up. snip We also belive that in Mecca there is a mountin which we climp during Hajj called (Jabel Al Rahmah = The mountain of Mercy) in which Adam and Eva - My peace and blessings be upon them - had met after they ate from the apple tree and were sent to earth.
Interesting interpretation Intimacy ! Is this a common belief in Islam ? I ask because I believe along the same lines.
CONTENTS OF THE BOOK @ http://www.urantia.org/
line 737: 74. ADAM AND EVE
line 741: 1. Adam and Eve on Jerusem
line 745: 2. Arrival of Adam and Eve
line 749: 3. Adam and Eve Learn About the Planet
line 757: 5. Adam's Administration
line 761: 6. Home Life of Adam and Eve
line 776: 75. THE DEFAULT OF ADAM AND EVE
line 800: 6. Adam and Eve Leave the Garden
line 804: 7. Degradation of Adam and Eve
line 836: 5. Death of Adam and Eve
line 841: 6. Survival of Adam and Eve
line 891: 78. THE VIOLET RACE AFTER THE DAYS OF ADAM
Hi Richard,
Yes.. this is a part of what we beleive. i am sorry coz i dont have the time to go thru the website which you have posted althought it sounds interesting.. but i still dont know what the last line 891:78 means yet.
i can qout from Koran about the Story, i am going to mention the verses also which comes before which tell the story of how it started:
Chapter 2: verses:
It is We Who have placed you with authority on earth, and provided you therein with means for the fulfilment of your life: small are the thanks that ye give!
It is We Who created you and gave you shape; then We bade the angels bow down to Adam, and they bowed down; not so Iblis; he refused to be of those who bow down
(Allah) said: "What prevented thee from bowing down when I commanded thee?" He said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire, and him from clay."
(Allah) said: "Get thee down from this: it is not for thee to be arrogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures)."
He said: "Give me respite till the day they are raised up."
(Allah) said: "Be thou amongst those who have respite."
He said: "Because Thou hast thrown me out of the Way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on Thy Straight Way:
"Then will I assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left: nor wilt Thou find, in most of them, gratitude (for Thy mercies)."
(Allah) said: "Get out from this, disgraced and expelled. If any of them follow thee, Hell will I fill with you all.
"O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden, and enjoy (its good things) as ye wish: but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression."
Then began Satan to whisper suggestions to them, in order to reveal to them their shame that was hidden from them (before): he said: "Your Lord only forbade you this tree, lest ye should become angels or such beings as live forever."
And he swore to them both, that he was their sincere adviser.
So by deceit he brought about their fall: when they tasted of the tree, their shame became manifest to them, and they began to sew together the leaves of the Garden over their bodies. And their Lord called unto them: "Did I not forbid you that tree, and tell you that Satan was an avowed enemy unto you?"
They said: "Our Lord! we have wronged our own souls: if Thou forgive us not and bestow not upon us Thy Mercy, we shall certainly be lost."
(Allah) said: "Get ye down, with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood for a time."
He said: "Therein shall ye live, and therein shall ye die; but from it shall ye be taken out (at last)."
O ye Children of Adam! We have bestowed raiment upon you to cover your shame, as well as to be an adornment to you. But the raiment of righteousness, that is the best. Such are among the Signs of Allah, that they may receive admonition!
O ye Children of Adam! let not Satan seduce you, in the same manner as he got your parents out of the Garden, stripping them of their raiment, to expose their shame: for he and his tribe watch you from a position where ye cannot see them: We made the Evil Ones friends (only) to those without Faith.