All of Hegel’s philosophy followed from the dialectical method that he had created. This is tied largely with Hegel’s theology which reinterprets Christianity in a way that allows for a God that develops and progresses (changes) and for an interpretation of the Bible that takes it as an allegory for the ongoing process of the human condition, both individual and social.
The Garden: Man began in the garden. Now the Garden of Eden is taken to be not a place but a condition of primitive humanity. In the garden, the human condition was simple as it was:
1. Natural – they lived with and in according to nature
2. Innocent – they did not have knowledge of right