What do you think? Adam and Eve/ Evolution?

Question

Is it even possible to have the story of Adam and Eve be true without evolution? People now have genetic diseases, which they must have inherited from their parents, who got it from theirs and so on until it goes back to Adam and Eve, who must have had it themselves for it to work. (Same thing with different ethnicities.) God wouldn't have made them with flaws and medical issues though, so wouldn't evolution have to be a part of that story for it to be true? Or is there some other explanation..?

Ok I personally never believed the story.. I was just trying to be polite and give people who think differently a fair chance to answer.

Incest only causes genetic diseases because 2 family members usually have similar genes, with some of the recessive ones being the disease itself. If they have kids, the 2 recessive ones have a 25% chance of forming the disease in that kid. God wouldn't have put genetic recessive genes in Adam and Eve, so incest would not cause a problem for them until their genes mutated and contained diseases.

Answer 1

The Adam and Eve story or parable could not be based on a real Adam and Eve with or without evolution. You might as well believe in Paul Bunyon or Pecos Bill.

The apparent existence of sin as a viable force in nature has given rise to a myriad of attempts to describe and explain it over the millenniums. This was one of the more inane attempts, but it caught on precisely because of the characterization of the two protagonists, who were more believable than the story itself. (Nobody really believes in the talking snake, now do they?)

There are better ways to describe and account for sin, but they aren't nearly as catching and don't lend themselves to mythical construction quite as well.

Answer 2

First off, not only is everyone descended from Adam and Eve but to be more clear they are descended from Noah's three sons and their wives. Clearly God did not allow disease due to inbreeding to exist until the period of Moses at which point He clearly gave the command to no longer marry within the nuclear family and a little beyond it.

More importantly though most genetic problems and similar things that exist today are due to medical achievements and people with such problems having children of their own. Prior to the twentieth century most people with such problems didn't live past the age of five or even birth most of the time, also if they did it was unlikely they married. Today many people with genetic problems marry and have children with the same problems, I'm not saying they shouldn't but perhaps adoption is a better idea for people who are at high risk of passing on genetic flaws to their children.

Answer 3

So much hate and energy and time wasted arguing against the creation story. Atheist's really need to learn some tolerance for others beliefs.

The story of Adam and Eve was written millennium ago to offer a group of people's view on how their world and everything in it came into being. It is a moral tale that holds moral truths that are incredibly valuable for the faithful.

It's infantile to waste your time claiming, "Oh yeah! Well, Eve would have had to have sex with her son! So there!"

Grow up.

Answer 4

Well, if you accept that adam and eve were the first humans, this implies a whole lotta incest amongst their offspring. This explains the wide variety of genetic diseases that undoubtably would have come from screwing your sister. This probably also explains why incest is so prevalent in the American midwest. They just wanna be like dem peepuls in the Bible!

Answer 5

Even if there were adam and eve, there could have been genetic drift since then or genetic damage that gets passed on. The problem however is that genetics show us that the common "Eve" was around 150,000 years ago, not 6,000. And she had parents, she didn't come out of the ground (or a rib)

Answer 6

Well, presumably, Adam and Eve were created perfect, but their sin caused impurities to slowly work their way into the picture. That's what the preachers have always told me, anyway. Personally, I believe in a mixture of creation and evolution. I am not totally convinced that Adam and Eve were real people, but I'm not opposed to them being real, either.

Answer 7

Evolution and Creation are polar opposite stories of how the universe became or was created. I wouldn't mix the 2. Rather, look into both and see for yourself. If you are christian, first and foremost, trust the bible and what it says. Still seek out the truth and if you need reasons for certain things, I understand. I also thirst for those same things. But in your search, never lose sight of Jesus on the cross. That's what it's all about. The rest is trivial. We can disagree on how the world became/was created, but we can't disagree on the gospel (the good news).

Answer 8

Death and disease were introduced at the garden after the fall. Even the fact that their are "genetic" diseases does not give evidence that we came from an single celled organism like naturalism states.

Answer 9

Its a little more complex than that. However there is Strong evidence that humans were almost wiped out 70,000 years ago during a super volcanic eruption known as the Tomba event. It is estimated that the population dipped so low that "we" all have a common ancestor from that long ago time.

Answer 10

Oh, please, honey. Adam and Eve is a myth meant to teach. I don't think anyone ever thought it would be believed as truth.
Evolution has some proof behind it. Jump into the age of reason, girlfriend.

If you never believed the story, then there is no need to ask the question.
BTW: I'm glad you don't believe the myth, but why give people who think erroneously the privilege of erroneously answering your question? What's the point?