Perfect World

 

My three Old Testament Survey classes have been looking at creation and the banning of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. We talked about how sin messed up a perfect world and the resulting cost to humanity. Each student was given the following assignment: 
Adam and Eve lived in a perfect world- no sin/shame/fear/want/death- until sin entered the picture and everything changed. Your assignment is to describe a perfect world in complete sentences with proper grammar and capitalization. You should consider what society would be like and what your life would be in this utopia. Any plagiarism is an automatic zero. There is a 150 word minimum, Save a copy of your work in case it does not come through the first time. GOOD LUCK!
Tonight, I am presenting three very different opinions on what is a world of some sort of perfection. Hope you like them!

A perfect world would have no sin. It would be like the Garden of Eden, with innocence and purity, except the snake would not me there. My life and everyone else's life would be perfect in this perfect world. Everyone would be innocent and by not knowing how to sin. People would also be friendly and not condescending. It would be easy for everyone to work and learn, and there would be no pain, suffering, sickness, or judgement like there is today. This is cliche, but everyone would be equal, so that nobody can look down on anyone else. By equal, I don't mean a loss of individualism, or that nobody would have talents like in dystopian societies. I mean that everyone would still have talents, but would be different and special in their own ways, and it would all be equal. In a perfect world, there would be no people that would want to hurt others, and there would be no money, either. From the beginning, God made this world to be perfect, but that stopped when humans corrupted it by eating the fruit. A perfect world to me would also be a world where everyone appreciates and knows about God. God has done so much for us that many people, including myself, forget about. A perfect world would know God the way he wants us to know Him and would be in perfect harmony with Him. Oluwaseyi
A perfect world is almost like a letter you write to a long-forgotten friend. This friend is one that you vaguely remember but still connect with through the memories you've shared. You don't know why you decided to write a letter to them, but you still wanted to for some odd reason—almost like an itch in the back of your neck, wanting you, needing you to write that letter. In a perfect world, the people would all look perfect; the buildings would all look perfect; the activities, the memories, and the food; it would all look or seem perfect. But, this is where the flaw of a perfect world lies, a world, a species, a lifestyle; none of it should, or even could be perfect. Notice how I said everything would "look" perfect? There is the truth in all of this; nothing can be perfect in a perfect world. People should be able to mess up, decide what to do, find out who they love. None of the buildings should be the same; there should be flaws in every person—in every single thing. It's that itch, the human itch to explore, the itch to want to be something more, something outside of the normal. It's that itch to write that letter, go to that party, ask that person out—to see what might come out of it, good or bad. Walker

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What is a perfect world? Is there world peace or pieces of love scattered throughout the world? Or is it empty and still? Is it filled with the same old boring faces with the same old scoreboards? No, it's none of them. It's not boring and it's not empty. It's bright like when God first spoke light and there it was. Even at night, it's bright with all the stars and even the moon. The seasons are always the most festival-able. Summer is bright & green. Spring is filled with color and breeze. Winter is filled with sparkles and snowmen. Fall is filled with coffee and the orangest leaves and pumpkin pie. The air is smooth and nice and fresh. The air fills your lungs and you feel that much lighter. The rain would be nice and cool on the skin. The lightning would be a startling show that lights up the gray skies. My family would be there, watching it under the strong comfortable place we call home. In our home, we have no bricks hiding anger, disappointment or sadness. The halls would be filled with joy, laughter and that sweet silence of the fire crackling and the warmth from our love. Power would be no more than a faint nightmare that has long disappeared. Instead there would be order and a voice for all. There would be differences but not the differences that cause problems. The differences would be those that make us who we are. Our world would have beautiful cultures that spark imagination and love. Our world would have green everywhere but not just green- red, blue, orange, yellow, and all the colors would surround us. Our world would have passion that we can achieve and have jobs that we love and do. My perfect world does exist but not here and not now. I know it's high up there, where the singing never ends. I know my world is up there, and so is my one and only God. Bella God bless, Steve/Coach Luke 18:1