Thank you so much for your very kind words, dear 'pipe. But you are making me blush....
I will persue Pannenberg's observations..
Blushing? Naw, you're probably smiling, humbly. With wisdom comes self-assurance, not something to blush over.
What if... the Garden of Eden was a prequel to the Garden of the Universe?.. The Universe being the expansion of the same theme.. i.e. "be fruitful and multiply".. except not physically but spiritually.. What a drama that would be..
You know where I am going with this.. i.e. the Book of Worms(BOW)..
I know... I know I'm like an ideological book with one page.. LoL..
That Book of Worms must have wormed my mind.. and consumed it..
Carl Sagan said, "life must've started somewhere FIRST"...
If that place was/is earth(no other evidence/proof of life)..
The possibilities(of that) are pregnant with hope for this Universe..
Why such a huge Universe with no other life in it.. WHY?..
How many eons would it take to fill this Universe with lifeforms?.. Tested by a/the chrysalis(physical/spirit) archetype on earth.. A model of culture construction for corporate lifeforms..
If this Tale or Yarn (or a epiphany) is just a tale it would still be a really cool TV show/ movie/ or even a novel.. LoL.. So I don't feel ashamed at sharing it this Lords Day... Populating the/this Universe would indeed be an expansion of the Garden of Eden.. and superior to it.. No wonder the Garden of Eden did and should have been been eclipsed to a greater plan and fullfillment of the whole creation.. NOW theres a creation story for you... LoL..