I know I am going to offend alot of people just asking this question, but i will ask it anyways just to see your viewpoint.
In the beginning we have one man one woman(adam, eve) who had children. Now one of those children(cain) took a wive, if there was no other woman who was his wife(e'noch) Now eve and adam, cain and abel sound relatively plain, but then enouch this sounds very tribal to me. Could it be that e'noch was an ape? And this would explain Darwins theory that we are decendants of apes? Just wondering I wish you well.
2006-11-02 03:55:48 · 18 answers · asked by fryedaddy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Just because Bible doesn't mention other humans prior to or alongside Adam and Eve does not mean other people didn't exist.
It makes sense for others to be there.
I know this opens a whole other can of worms but it is an interesting thought.
2006-11-02 03:57:36 · answer #1 · answered by King 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had this conversation with some people before and I got laughed and ridiculed but I'll just say it again.
I believe in the story of adam and eve, and i believe in Charles Darwin's theory also. How could this be? I'll tell you.
MAYBE God Created man and woman but not how we look like now. Maybe he created a being that looks like more of an ape but not like the apes as we know of today, who doesn't know anything other than what is presented to him, then this ape have taken a forbidden fruit that makes him ask, seek, and know more which is a vital part I think on the evolution of a man. This ape learned how to groom himself, learned how to look presentable to the other ape species thus started the evolution of walking straight and less hair. As for the others, maybe they had become afraid of this change and decided to run away and hide and never learned which are the apes today.
And I will go beyond topic, which is baptism, why are we baptised, because human had taken this path of knowledge and disobedience and thru baptism we are given another chance.
I know i am weird but this is my thought.
And they multiplied, God created more of this beings, it's just that Adam and Eve as we named them were created first. And I believe during those times taking a wife or husband even within the family circle is not prohibited.
2006-11-02 12:20:30 · answer #2 · answered by firedragon_luver 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The creation scenario, in my opinion, could have worked if:
1. Just as Eve came from Adam so did the other women from the other men.
2. The fallen angles also transformed themselves into women as they formed into men.
3. The men took apes for their wives.
4. Incest was the order of the day.
2006-11-02 12:09:52 · answer #3 · answered by mr.chrisrolle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cannot be offended, but you really made me laugh out loud...
No, that's not how the theory works. It's not that a man had sex with an ape! Besides, you cannot judge those old names by the standards of today's languages. Have you even seen what names looked like only 1000 years ago? Go figure what happened in those times...
That is, of course, if you are going to take a story from the bible to be the truth...
2006-11-02 12:06:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam and Eve had other children. At that time it wasn't a problem to marry family members. The gene pool was still pretty free of "mutations" that could have been passed on to others. It was after a period of time that inner family marriage was banned.
2006-11-02 12:01:10 · answer #5 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, this is an interesting point. I'll be watching this. And then, who is to say that God did NOT create other people, and it was just adam and eve who get talked about because they got thrown out of the garden of eden?
2006-11-02 11:58:40 · answer #6 · answered by Vilhiem 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Evolution claims that you can't procreate with apes. Horses and donkeys make mules, not horses.
There is no reason to believe there were more than two humans to begin with. When seals were being killed for their furs, they were hunted nearly to extinction. When they came back from that bottleneck, they were far more vicious than they had been before. Have you ever wondered why mankind is si violent? It is quite likely for this very reason! WE went through a similar bottleneck at the beginning of true humanity.
2006-11-02 12:10:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's possible but disgusting.
There were Angeles and Giants who Live in the Earth.
We don't know Adam and Eve's girl babies names, so it could be incest.
Do APES care if they do incest?
If you have a litter of kittens, boys and girls, and DON'T spay and neuter, will the BOYS mate with the GIRLS during HEAT?
Maybe this is why we have birth defects.
Who knows. Only God.
Maybe God created other people just so the race could continue.
Who knows. Only God.
2006-11-02 12:19:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
hmmm so you think the people of the land of Nod (where Cain found his wife) were apes? anything in your theory that explains how apes and humans could crossbreed then but not now?
2006-11-02 12:07:53 · answer #9 · answered by nebtet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darwin felt we shared a common ancestor with apes, not that we were descended from them.
Interesting question, tho!
~Morg~
2006-11-02 12:00:32 · answer #10 · answered by morgorond 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋