do you think that Adam and Eve populated the entire world or is there some other story i have missed
2007-02-16 04:00:32 · 17 answers · asked by charlie 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
so the bible must condone incest then
2007-02-16 04:05:40 · update #1
It is impossible for all of humanity to have come from such a small gene pool. Inbreeding on such a scale would mean that by around the fourth or fifth generation, the average life expectancy would have been practically nil and most people would be disfigured or have chronic illnesses.
2007-02-16 04:34:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam and Eve started the population of the world. They had many sons and daughters other than Cain, Abel, and Seth.
When the fallen angels (demons) had babies with women, and God caused the Great Flood, He saved Noah, his wife, sons and their wives. After the flood the sons and their wives repopulated the earth.
ADDED DETAIL--for the detail you added after you received answers--the Bible does not condone incest anymore. After a time (I can't remember where it is in the Bible) God put a stop to incest. It is not condoned by God in this day and time, and has not for several thousand years now.
2007-02-16 04:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by Christian93 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Adam and Eve definitely existed, but much of their story is symbolic, as many stories in the Bible are. I don't think the whole world was populated by two individuals created from nothing.
2007-02-16 04:06:47 · answer #3 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe in the Bible. Incest did happen in the early days and was later frowned upon.
2007-02-16 04:42:50 · answer #4 · answered by angel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The populated the whole world.
And after the flood, Noah's family repopulated the whole earth.
Than after about a 1000 years God said it was then a sin for close relations to have sex.
2007-02-16 04:14:49 · answer #5 · answered by tim 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In the beginning incest was ok. Things were very good, the air was thicker, etc. The mitochondrial DNA is passed only from the mother, and everyones mitochondrial DNA is the same... One mother!
2007-02-16 04:12:09 · answer #6 · answered by hasse_john 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Acts 17:26 From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand which should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.
Yes God made all nations from Adam.
2007-02-16 04:07:01 · answer #7 · answered by question man 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i have had this question also... i asked someone at my church and they jsut walked away form me! I was like... if there were adam and eve... and they hand 2 sons and one died.... then what... did he do him mom.. hahaha!
I would love to no soo if you find out plz e-mail me!
2007-02-16 04:05:13 · answer #8 · answered by Im addicted to the memory of him 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THERE WAS A STORY I FORGOT IT SAYS IN THE BIBLE THAT SUMWUN WAS BUILDINGA TOWER AND THE DEVIL DID SOMETHING AND SCATTERED THEM ALL OVER THE WORLD AND MADE THEM SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGES TO OCNFUSE THEM SO ADAM AND EVE STARTED IT BUT THEN THE WORLD SPREAD.
2007-02-16 04:10:35 · answer #9 · answered by ...x...sxy ting...x... 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, they only started the human population.
Animal populations were started by animals.
Plant populations were started by plants.
2007-02-16 04:06:52 · answer #10 · answered by rbarc 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋