2006-07-12 16:50:06 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I like this question! If you literally interpret the story of Genesis it would be impossible wouldn't it? But if one does literally interpret Genesis, then really strange things happen: Man is created twice. Once on earth on the sixth day and once through Adam and Eve. And how about Cain and Able? There are no girls there people! Hello!!!! Let's be literal. And after murdering his brother, Cain goes to another town and marries a woman there. Hello! Does the elevator go to the top floor? Are you running on all 8 cylinders? If Adam and Eve are the first creation, then where did the others come from? Hmmm!
And if you follow all those begats, as so many fundamentalists do, you end up with an Earth around 6,000 years old. We positively know that the Earth is older than 5 BILLION years and the visible universe is at least 12BILLION years old. (Red Shift and radioactive rock dating)
And we KNOW that the WRITTEN Bible is not older than 1000 B.C. Kinda hard if you are a Hebrew to write a book without an alphabet, which they "borrowed" from their neighbors (Assyrians, as I recall).
And I can go on and on, but several things should be obvious:
#1: Many parts of the Bible are metaphorical.
#2: Some parts if taken literally are
inaccurate.
#3: There is a hidden meaning here.
And #4: Adam and Eve had belly buttons.
2006-07-12 17:17:24 · answer #1 · answered by eagleperch 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Point well taken. Are we to believe that Adam and Eve popped onto the earth scene a mere 8,000 years ago? Are we also to believe that Eve was made from one of Adam's ribs? And was designed to be his little helper? Are we to believe that Adam and Eve populated the world through interbreeding of their own offspring? Are we to believe that a snake talked Eve into eating a forbidden apple? Are we to believe that Adam looked exactly like God? Are we to believe that God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve?
2006-07-13 00:33:09 · answer #2 · answered by idspudnik 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is one of the best questions I have ever read on here. Good job! But, sadly, no one would possibly know the real answer to that. I suppose, since God created Adam in His image, and God had no father or mother, the answer would be no. He was the one who breathed life into Adam, he wasn't conceived and carried in a womb like everyone else. Great question!
2006-07-12 23:52:40 · answer #3 · answered by The Nana of Nana's 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did god have a belly button since they were made of the crud of the earth in his image?
2006-07-12 23:58:39 · answer #4 · answered by 自由思想家 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man kind , They were put here by ufos that brought them from another planet .
The same as they ubduct people today.
Many passages in the bible describe UFO sightings.
The vatican made a statement that aliens exist and are not to be demonized.
2006-07-13 00:10:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you believe that the Bible is absolutely accurate and believe it is literally correct then belly buttons are impossible unless God created them for cosmetic purposes.
2006-07-12 23:54:21 · answer #6 · answered by valcus43 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I guess if you believe that they were "created" then no. But any other mammal who has been born has had an umbilical cord, and so has a belly button. I guess it just depends what you believe.
2006-07-12 23:53:52 · answer #7 · answered by jeffma807 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont remember it saying anything about that in the bible they were made in God's own image so i guess we'll just have to wait till the End of Time to find out
2006-07-12 23:55:54 · answer #8 · answered by Teresa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They were created, not born like we were. Actually, since I haven't met them in person, that is an assumption of everyone, but we won't know until we're face to face with the Lord and ask him.
2006-07-12 23:53:46 · answer #9 · answered by save_up_your_tears 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a belly button, and that's all that matters... my belly button.
2006-07-12 23:54:58 · answer #10 · answered by Chris K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋