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Adam and Eve DNA
Danyool:
Im having trouble getting my head round How Adam and Eve bore Cain and Abel, and then they had wives. But these wifes must have been daughters of Adam and Eve. So this makes them sisters of Cain and Abel. It is dangerous to cross DNA (incest) and this must have happened many times. Does anyone know how this is possible and for them to live for 100's of years would they have been deformed??
God bless you all
Dan
phazel:
Personally I think Adam and Eve are a Metaphor for the human race and God created humanity to begin with rather that only two literal people.
In Genesis is says that he is "Creating" Mankind in his image, first the physical then the spiritual.
Creating mankind is the physical, Adam and Eve are the spiritual symbols.
chuckt:
--- Quote from: phazel on April 24, 2008, 08:33:54 AM ---Personally I think Adam and Eve are a Metaphor for the human race and God created humanity to begin with rather that only two literal people.
In Genesis is says that he is "Creating" Mankind in his image, first the physical then the spiritual.
Creating mankind is the physical, Adam and Eve are the spiritual symbols.
--- End quote ---
thats heresy :o ;D JK.
if often think that too, for sure the spiritual message of adam and eve is evident, and MOST important. :P
i find it most interesting that adam was created from dirt ""OUTSIDE"" the garden
and then placed IN the garden. there is nothing to suggest there were not other humans
around at the time?
cool topic,
blessings
chuckt
phazel:
A lot of the typical stories and thinking come from the belief that the bible must be literally true in order for it to be believed.
This is the reason that the 6000 year old earth creationist crowd must make scientific data fit the belief, rather than allowing scripture to spiritually fit our lives in spite of scientific statements that cannot be proven as "truth".
I remember a JW coming by my house and asking me that question. Basically the thinking is that we must be honest enough to believe that God demanded incestual relationships out of necessity and that he by his divine nature would protect the genetic problems we know today from such things.
At one time, I did not see any problem with that. I believe that is one of the apologetic work arounds for such a contradiction in Gods word on sexual purity.
In reality, when the bible is seen as it really is, a spiritual metaphor, then there is no need for such a work around in the first place.
KristaD:
Yeah I kind of figured God made Adam and Eve first but then who's to say He didn't make other people too??? i mean He doesn't list every planet, star, or even animal so why would He list each person ???
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