It gets to seem as if way back in the Garden of Eden after the Fall, Adam and Eve had begged the Lord to forgive them and He, in his boundless exasperation, had said, All right, then. Stay. Stay in the Garden. Get civilized. Procreate. Muck it up. And they did.

Summary

This quote suggests a playful interpretation of the original sin and the subsequent exile from the Garden of Eden. It humorously implies that after Adam and Eve asked for forgiveness, God, feeling frustrated, decided to let them stay in the garden but encouraged them to develop civilization and complicate life through procreation. The quote implies that human beings have indeed embraced this directive as they have gone on to "muck it up" by creating intricate societies and dealing with the complexities and challenges that come with it.

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