Non-Christians?

Question

Genetic research has found that every human being on this planet has the same "mother" the same origin.....

Why can't it be Eve, of the bible?

http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2002/0420realeve.asp

It's from a discovery channel show.

http://shopping.discovery.com/product-26716.html, if you'd like a copy from the discovery channel.

Oh, and very sorry to people of the Muslim & Jewish faith, I should have put a different title. I truly apologize, this question is not for either of your faiths.

Answer 1

This is from a Time magazine article titled "Mother Eve" which shows our DNA can all be traced back to one single woman, and it is Eve :-)

Answer 2

Look up mediocre DNA
100 years ago scientists all agreed that phonology had relevance today we agree that it dose not. Over 90% of what science claimed was true 100 years ago is today rejected. (For an interesting view off what science held 100 years ago read J. Vern’s "A Journey to the Center of the Earth" the book gives some pretty good details. Most of it is not believed today.
Today we take for granted that crude oil (Fuel fuels) come from dead animals and plants because the idea was promoted by oil companies because it holds that fuel is not a renewable and thus its demand is driven up. However if one goes to school for petroleum engineering he will find that they are two other major theories in the field-look that up. If you look into geology like any other "Science" you will find it riddled with philosophical propositions which can not be empirically tested. Thus the idea of a 4 Billion year old universe and an 80 million year old earth is based on interpretations data as well as the date. Science is 1/2 science and 1/2 philosophy. (Imperfect)
Incest would not have been a problem if in fact it is true because the gene pool would have been much larger then. We can deduct this from the genetic diversity we see to day. It becomes a problem for small groups with a limited gene pool which was taken away from the larger pool and thus from its benefits.

Answer 3

Yes, But I do not understand your question. This research can also support Darwin's facts and theory's on how evolution happens. Eve could be the same first female mentioned in the bible as well. Every species would have a common ancestor. This is why I do not understand why some Christians are so opposed to the work of Darwin.

Answer 4

Hello =)

This is very true.....and while it "could" be the biblical "Eve".... the fact that this common mother existed some 200,000 years ago kinda makes the creation theory all wet, now doesn't it??

Our common mother did exist, of course....how else could the mutation that drives evolution occur??

Someone had to go first, and, through the miracle of mitochondrial DNA, we can now trace these "common mothers" all around the globe.

What is most important about this research, to me, is that it proves that all the races of mankind, ALL of them, are the same...not different. From the Australian Aboriginals, to the people of the High Scottish Plains....all the same family....many different branches, of course, but all the same family.

If you want to say it's God's handiwork, then that's fine, but then you have to alter the timeframe of the years since creation quite a bit....

Namaste,

--Tom

Answer 5

Well of course, that's how evolution works! Every organism is descended from the same common ancestor. The story of adam and eve can't be taken as a literal account, since although there was also a genetic adam, they both lived much longer than 6000 years ago, they didn't live at the same time, nor were they created by God, nor were they they only people alive at the time. Read the articles if you don't understand. That common mother is indeed referred to as Eve, but only for sentimental reasons not scientific ones.

Answer 6

You people scare me. Read one article that claims to have come from years or decades of "scientific research", and you grasp it in a deathgrip that would shock even the strongest person.
It's an article, NOT a fact. NOTHING is fact.Nothing can be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. Once humans begin to understand that where we came from is not as important as what we're doing right this very instant, we may actually begin to comprehend what it is to truly understand and coexist peacefully with one another. The past is the past......get over it.

Answer 7

Why can't it be the first woman created in the Mayan creation story? Why can't it be Lillith, of old folk stories? Why can't it be the first goddess to walk the earth in African mythology?

All of those options are equally plausible as Eve. All are less plausible than the idea of evolution and speciation--for which there's actual evidence beyond ancient myths and legends.

Answer 8

let's say that the research is true for arguments sake. What proof is there that "Eve" ever existed?
There are so many inconsistencies in the bible that it is not a reliable source of history.
The bible is a religious icon nothing more and cannot be regarded as non-fiction.

Answer 9

Because it's probably the Goddess. You see, genetics also says that women have the basic gene and are therefore the first of the species. Woman came first, not man.

Answer 10

because "eve" supposedly lived thousands of years ago, as opposed to what other scientific evidence has shown(that the earth is over 4 billion years old). The story doesn't fit.