When we die, we go to Paradise. But if the Garden of Eden was paradise, does that mean that we will be naked in Paradise? I hope not. Some of us were discussing this and couldn’t come to a conclusion. What do you think?
Biblically speaking, paradise (or intermediate heaven) is the place where the saints will wait for the coming of the Lord, the general resurrection, and the final judgment. No one has gone to heaven yet. For more on this, please read this article or listen to this talk (member login required). If you are using paradise synonymously with heaven, I encourage you to rethink your terms.
The symbolism of Eden should not be pressed too far. (You don’t need to worry about being naked—something for which I too am relieved.)
We should also consider 2 Cor 5:5-4: For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
After death (and before the resurrection), as the apostle explains, we have not yet been “clothed” with our heavenly tent.
Whether we will wear sort of clothing when we are in “heaven”—more accurately, once heaven has come down to earth (see Rev 21)—is a matter for speculation. I don’t know how to arrive at any definitive conclusion, so I’m not surprised that you and your friends were stymied.
