2006-12-24 00:48:23 · 5 answers · asked by un_1000 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Hey, nobody can pull the wool over your eyes, can they? Well spotted, old chum! There are, of course, millions of these kinds of "how could" issues in reading the Bible, which was, after all written in a very different language under very different conditions addressed to very different people than we are today. Read it as a book of wisdom and literature, and especially in the King James, a body of common experience with millions of people over quite a long time. But do not try to apply modern scientific knowledge to what is being said in metaphor. It's not that kind of book.
2006-12-24 00:58:44 · answer #1 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think thisis one for the religious section, but anyways, back then the vbloodlines were not poluted and incest was not incestious, or so sinful. What i mean was they were so busy being gay and and mating with the Nephilim back then that sexual sins of incest was not the reson for the flood. You have to remember God destroyed everything with the flood and sort of started over with Noah family. I think Harlots were a big thing back then to and marrying one's sister was not a sexual thing, but done to make sure one's race went on. However in King david's time is when they started having a problem with incest in the family. Also, the big thing back then was having many wives, why would you want your sister, when you could have as many women as you wanted back then??? That to was another problem for the Jews, they had too many wives and wives from other nations, which they wer commnaded not to marry because of the pagan religion the wives brought with them.
2006-12-24 10:30:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the Bible is true, then Adam and Eve's children did marry. But if the Bible is true, then humanity was much different at the beginning as well, as pre-flood humans lived hundreds of years and probably fathered multi-dozens of offspring. Who knows exactly?
2006-12-24 09:01:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must read the bible better.and many other works, there were many more people there. the word Adam means men not a single person .Canine was marked so that others would know not to kill him, so you see there were many people than in the telling of that "Beginning" folk tale. royal people did marry brothers and sister,but most of the time they did not consummate , the had consorts for that.
2006-12-24 09:10:15 · answer #4 · answered by chin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Incest was a way of life in the early days, especially among royalty.
2006-12-24 08:50:59 · answer #5 · answered by MsFancy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋