It's a wonderful find.
In the ancient city of Lachish
archeologists found some
scrolls dating back five
thousand years.
They are written in Sumerian.
They are religious texts that
shed new light on the Old Testament.
In these Lachish scrolls there is an
account of the Garden of Eden.
It says "And the Lord said unto
Adam and Eve: Thou shalt not name
any living things. Neither animals,
nor plants, nor fish, nor birds,
nor creeping crawling things."
It goes on to say that mountains
and valleys and minerals, and rivers and cities
and even countries are forbidden
to be named. Everything is to be
referred to as 'this thing' or 'over there.'
When Adam asked the Lord if this wouldn't
create some confusion, he and Eve
were tossed out of the Garden on their
ear.
When I read about this in
a science journal I thought
to myself:
this makes a lot of sense.
No names means not bigotry.
No class. No barriers.
We could live in nameless peace
and harmony.
So I'm starting a movement to remove
the name of everything -- animal, mineral, and vegetable.
It's to be called ~
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