# Response to Madueme: Are People Outside the Garden Ruled Out?

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-madueme-are-people-outside-the-garden-ruled-out/10150>\
**Category:** Peaceful Science\
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-madueme-are-people-outside-the-garden-ruled-out/10150 "2020-04-13T16:49:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-madueme-are-people-outside-the-garden-ruled-out/10150/1 "2020-04-13T16:49:40Z")

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> **[Response to Madueme: Are People Outside the Garden Ruled Out?](https://peacefulscience.org/response-to-madueme-scripture/)**
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> Madeume's objections do not challenge Swamidass’ key thesis: a traditional, literal reading of Scripture does not rule out people outside the Garden.

This article by @dga471 responds to a review by Hans Madueme at TGC ([TGC Reviews the GAE](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/tgc-reviews-the-gae/9752)).

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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-madueme-are-people-outside-the-garden-ruled-out/10150/2 "2020-04-13T19:59:31Z")

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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/response-to-madueme-are-people-outside-the-garden-ruled-out/10150/3 "2020-04-23T17:33:09Z")

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