If Adam and Eve had Kane and Abel, how was the rest of the world develoed ? Incest??

Answer 1

Don't make the Christians actually think rationally about their religion! It confuses them and makes them angry.

:)

You know, of course, the whole story is a load of s**t.

Answer 2

It depends on which religion you ask. In the protestant religion, there were only Adam and Eve (they also had 27 other children, who are not mentioned by name, but anonomously listed in Bible study aids, used when attending seminary) who populated the earth until the great flood, which Noah and his sons & their wives replenished the population. In several other religions, it is believed that there was another woman (as stated by another answerer Lilith, but there names are also disputed) who added in the earth's human population beginnings.

When you think about it, it was a type of incest at first. However, after a while (toward the end of the old testament in the old King James version), there was no need to marry within your own family. It also mentions how Adam and Eve's offspring separated out into the world, and it mentions several tribes, which helps to see how the nationalities came about.

You dont have to be a religious leader to research your topic, there are several books and websites to help you see the idea from several different religious views, and there are so many theories to this topic. Hope I can help start you on your way!

Answer 3

For the purposes of the discussion, let's assume that the Bible is literal (which I do not believe in this case, but it makes a more fun game!)

1. There is no evidence that God did not create others besides Adam and Eve, so there might have been other, undiscussed populations. In fact, this is hinted at in a couple passages.

2. There is no evidence that Eve only bore those children, so they might have come from her. Incest would not have been quite as big of a deal then since the genes would have been clean and fresh.



Personally, I take most of Genesis as a series of teaching stories rather than historical accounts.

Answer 4

That is the only answer isn't it? I would like to see how a theologian would answer it!!! Great question!!!! I have often wondered about it myself but I end up thinking that the Genesis story is symbolical so Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel are more of a concept for evolutionary phases of the Earth... Not so controversial as the incest answer though...!

Answer 5

Adam and Eve were the only known people in the biblical part of the world. There would've been other men and women in other parts of the world. Remember the Noah's Ark? if everyone else throughout the world drowned as the result of the flood, then we would have descended from the people in the Ark, correct? How many men and women were there in the Ark with the animals?

Answer 6

When we attempt to reflect on the truths presented in the Bible, we have to be cautious so as not to fall into errors. In order to answer this question, I will like to put things in perspective. The language of the Bible was developed over centuries and reflect the customs of the times. As for the story of Adam and Eve, we should realise that it is an account that uses mythical language. By myth, I do not mean fabricated stories as we see in fairy tales but an ancient way of expressing very deep and profound truths through story writing. Viewed in this light, we see that the story of Adam and Eve reveals such truths as: God created heaven and earth and all that is in it, and that we all have a common ancestry, for the Bible tells us that all family on earth have their origin in God (see Acts 17: 26). While I cant give exact historical accounts nor tell you precisely what manner of family propagation sparked off the human family, for such a discourse will be greatly beyond the scope of this reply, one thing remains to be said: the story of Adam and Eve, as aforementioned, seeks to establish the truth that (a) God is the creator of the world and of all that is in it and (b) we have a common ancestry. A little word analysis would suffice here to further drive home the point. "Adam" in Hebrew, represents mankind, that is "man and woman" in the generic sense.

Answer 7

At the time the Old Testament was written, in particular the Book of Genises, the story of Adam and Eve, and indeed the whole Biblical tract on creation had been past on from generation to generation orally. In other words story telling.

The human mind at that time had not and could not conceive of the "Big Bang" theory to explain how humans came to be. So the author of the creation story told it in story form, so his or her readers could atleast grasp the concept of creation and the role of "God" in it.

In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the Bible is not considered to be fully factual, but contains "the truth", i.e, the handiwork of God

Answer 8

This is a brilliant question and it's your lucky day for I have the answer. At that particular stage in the history of mankind, men had the ability to reproduce women with a "rib". This approach was used until the discovery of a more convienent "bone" on the males body that would achieve the same reproductive result. It is interesting to note, the "bone" as we know it today is not even a bone (look it up). To this very day men continue to use this bone to create children worldwide and I expect it to be used for centuries to come. So it would be safe to assume incest is an absolute impossibility.

Answer 9

Hmm. You got me there ... Cain was a male, and so was Abel? I suppose Eve was a very busy lady.
The authors don't explain it very well, do they? Wouldn't be published in this day and age.
But who believes there ever was an Adam or a Eve anyway? We all crawled out from the sea, didn't we? Or am I being stupid?

Answer 10

If we are to believe in the Adam & Eve story then it must have been incest! Ugh! Does that mean you & I are related?

Answer 11

adam and eve had other children as well , back then the world needed to be populated so god allowed it to happen like this, he is god affter all and makes the rules , know of course we no longer have this problem so its not allowed there is no need. what this means of course is that we are all related if we could go back far enough.