So because it said, that Adam and Eve were our creators, they had offspring? Their offspring being their children, must meaning, that their children had to reproduce, with one another, and the other and the other, to make our world of human relations today. Wouldn't you count that as incest being brought about in the bible?
2006-08-13 01:47:12 · 4 answers · asked by mezanu 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
You are using words here wrong. "Man" is just a word, but does not depict the being's true nature you are referring to in your text. If I ask you for an espresso with milk and you give me American coffee in a little tiny cup, I would probably tell you something about it. Please note that an "espresso with milk" can be many things in today's world (for people would conform into having it if you just tell them it is an "espresso with milk").
When you say "Adam" and put this concept at the centre of creation (the place where all human beings come from) you forget the fact that what you call "man" is a living form that have been mutating through the ages and that it is still doing it. There has not been an Adam at the beginning of time.
With regard to incest, just to say it is in the Bible because it is important for us to keep away from it.
2006-08-13 02:17:38 · answer #1 · answered by george 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that would be true. However, the prohibition against incest in the Bible did not come about until later. The purpose of the prohibition against incest was to prevent the many problems that often occur when people with very similar genetic codes have children. This was not as big a deal, since Adam and Eve's children would have had vastly different genetic codes, since every trait seen would have been exhibited in Adam and Eve. The children would have received significantly different genes to keep these problems from occurring. God did not set down the prohibition against incest until later in Leviticus, and many of those laws were meant to keep people healthy by prohibiting activities that would be harmful to their health, such as quarantining individuals who had infectious diseases.
So, in a sense, yes, incest was there in the beginning; however, at that time, incest had not been prohibited directly by God since it had not been set down as law as something one should not engage in.
2006-08-13 09:00:36 · answer #2 · answered by theeconomicsguy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was thinking about the same exact thing yesterday! However the days of Adam and Eve are long gone and though it happened at one time, incest is not something the bible includes and our lives include when it was written.
2006-08-13 08:55:15 · answer #3 · answered by manateeluver32 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
first you would have to belive that the bible is fact. which it's not, it's just a collection of fables that portray a good way to lead your life.
it's just stories and should be taken with a grain of salt
2006-08-13 08:56:15 · answer #4 · answered by george 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋