I believe in evolution, so I'd like someone to explain how we all came from Adam and Eve. Isnt that incest?
2007-02-08 02:54:07 · 3 answers · asked by chinacat 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I don't recall God telling them that they weren't allowed to procreate with each other. The idea of incest and its consequences is a later cultural phenomena. The reason incest is "wrong" is because of the accumulated mutations that increase the chance of children of incest being physically deformed or otherwise abnormal. Since Adam and Eve were perfect (brand new, no mutations) the reasons against incest didn't apply.
2007-02-08 09:56:21 · answer #1 · answered by Shanna J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Church does not take the stories of creation in the Bible literally. Catholics believe the book of Genesis tells religious truth and not necessarily historical fact.
The religious truth is that God created everything and declared all was good.
Catholics can believe in the theory of evolution. Or not. The Church does not require belief in evolution.
The Church supports science in the discovery of God's creation. At this time, the theory of evolution is the most logical scientific explanation. However tomorrow someone may come up with a better idea.
As long as we believe that God started the whole thing, both the Bible and modern science can live in harmony.
With love in Christ.
2007-02-08 15:20:09 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try here
2007-02-09 05:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by Follow me to your Answer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋