The God in the bible is pictured as all knowing so why would he put a mark on Cain's head for protection from people who did not exist?
2006-12-30 20:42:05 · 11 answers · asked by crystalfairywitch 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Please read the Bible...First, Cain was never in the Garden. Second Adam lived 930 years and had many children and each of them lived aproximarely 900 years which would mean that Adam had entire cities and civilizations of children grandchildren and great grandchildren and so on.
2006-12-30 20:49:51 · answer #1 · answered by djmantx 7 · 7⤊ 2⤋
It's not mentioned in the Bible but there are other documents in the Jewish faith that state that Eve wasn't the first woman. It states that the first woman refused to be anything but equal to the first man and craved power and as a punishment was banished from the Garden of Eden. It is believe that this woman mated with some other kind of primate (the Bible states the fact that there were other people on the planet when it talks about Cain leaving his parents). This is where the idea of evolution comes in. So while there were no other humans on the Earth there were primates similar to human kind.
When Ceasar and many other rulers went through the Bible they took several of the original scrolls out of it, this was further induced by Catholic church. It is believed that these scrolls reside in both the catacombs in Rome and also some have been found buried and sealed in clay pots in Egypt.
2006-12-31 04:48:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Bible Clary proves that there were more people around than just the three of them. Why else would Cain be afraid to leave the garden by himself or would God put a mark on Cain for protection from people who did not exist. The next question is where did Cain's wife come from?
2006-12-31 04:53:29 · answer #3 · answered by starmaster 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Adam and Eve had many children and they lived hundreds of years. Just because you have one story with names, will you assume that no other people existed?? Able might have been the firstborn but Cain the 51st born. We don't know and it doesn't matter. We do know that there were others because of the fact that Cain went to the land of Nod and took a wife (had to be one of his sisters or fairly close relatives) and the Bible tells us that Eve was the mother of all living.
2006-12-31 07:42:27 · answer #4 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden of Good and Evil before Cain and Abel were born.
The Mark on Cain's head was to let everyone know that he was a murderer.
Apparently people did exist at that time. It kind of skips from Adam and Eve being kicked out and to the birth of their sons (they had more kids- one was named Seth). Either you can assume that God made more people outside of the Garden, that Adam and Eve made more children who inbred and populated the Earth. or you can take the story for a parable.
Either way, the "All knowing" part doesn't really matter. So he knew what was going to happen... if he didn't stop it, that doesn't make him less all knowing.
2006-12-31 04:49:18 · answer #5 · answered by slaughter114 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
If you are going to ask questions about the Bible, it would really help if you actually READ it. Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden before Cain was conceived, and they had other sons and daughters.
2006-12-31 05:03:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The bible is not a reliable source for true answers because its plagiarized and diluted thus there is no answer to this question because there were a lot more then 3 people on earth at the time. People existed long before Adam and Eve supposedly was created. Where did Cain find his wife if it were only him, his parents and Seth left in the world?
2006-12-31 04:50:07 · answer #7 · answered by Conscience Sister 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
First of all, God created many other individuals beside Adam and Eve. Secondly, the mark was symbolic. To quote Herman Hesse, "People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest." I argue that Cain realized the hypocrisy of societal norms and was unafraid of slaying his brother. People were terrified by a man unbound and limitless.
2006-12-31 04:47:22 · answer #8 · answered by Sifting 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Good point. Without Abel, that doesn't leave many people. It shouldn't be that hard to spot someone who murders his own brother out of pure jealousy. Especially when his parents are the only other people around. But who would be there to see him anyway? Where is the society?
Even more puzzling...where did Cain get his wife?
2006-12-31 04:47:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Don't sweat the small stuffs.
2006-12-31 04:51:12 · answer #10 · answered by higg1966 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋