If the bible is true, e.g. Adam and Eve, doesn't that mean that we're all related?

Question

And, if that's not enough, there's that Noah's Arc thing, in which everyone and everything on earth was drowned except those on the boat. If that's true, then the gene pool was narrowed down even more, and everyone on the face of the earth today could be traced back to those that were on the Arc. Is there something that I'm missing here?

Answer 1

yes we are

Answer 2

In a sense, yes, we are all related but, people were spread out throughout the world so, other races were created, etc. What we consider to be incest was very much the way the world was populated back in Adam & Eve's time. Once the world was populated enough, God forbid incest. You're missing a bit about Noah's ark and everyone that was on that boat. Not only was it Noah's family, I seem to remember that others were asked if they wanted to join before the flood so, Noah's family probably weren't the only people on the ark.

It takes a leap of faith and yes, it seems kinda gross that incest was ok back that but, that's the way some things were. People who jump on the incest crap and use that as a excuse to be cynical and narrow minded wouldn't be here without Adam or Eve. Things that seem disgusting to us just goes to show how times change. Slavery was also condoned a few hundred years ago but today, no one would think it's ok. Times change. That's life. Good question though.

Answer 3

First of all there was a sixh and eighth day creation,not just Adam and Eve. As for Noah it amazes many how many people don't know what 2 of all flesh means. It means races of people as well as animals. The flood of Noah was to purge the land from the GEEBER,or giants. Fallen angels mated with the daughters of flesh men and the union produced half breeds. Giants that were evil,that was the soul purpose of Noah's flood.

Answer 4

no we are not all related, and yes there is some things you are missing:
First, on the 6th day God created all the races (in the flesh); on the 8th day He created Adam and formed Eve. There were lots and lots of people besides Adam and Eve.
As far as Noahs flood goes, It came upon the world of the ungodly. I personally don't think it was the entire earth, and I'll tell ya why:
The flood came for a specific reason: Angels left their habitation and came to seduce human women; there were children being born of those unions, called "geba". Noah was a preacher who preached against them; They were particularly interested in getting Noahs daughters to participate. Noah wouldn't have it.
Why Noahs daughters? Because this was satans second attempt (in this flesh age) to pollute the pure line of lineage where down the generations, womb-to-womb thru Noahs family would come the Christ. Scripture says that they were giving and taking in marriage right up until they entered the Ark; thats who they were marrying - these angelic beings. You can read of them in the only Chapter of the Book of Jude.
Anyway, the flood was brought by God to destroy this influx of hybrids. It was absolutely necessary, but not necessary to involve the entire earth. Also, you may be surprized to hear that actually Noahs family were not the only people on the Ark; When God ordered two of each "dirty" animal, and seven of every clean animal, he also ordered two of every flesh to board the Ark; that means two of every race.

Answer 5

The answer is obvious, yes mankind has descended from the 3 sons of Noah for all other flesh was destroyed from the face of the earth.Eventually if each one of us could trace our genealogy
all the way back we all would stop at Adam and Eve.

Answer 6

Yes, it does. Not just through Adam and Eve but through Noah and his wife, as well.

It would also be an indication that life is disintigrating, not evolving. The inbreeding that must have taken place would naturally have lead to some genetic breakdown in those first few generations and all of us would be carrying around the risidual effects.

Answer 7

If God created man in his own image, and according to the bible, no man can look upon the face of God? Then how do we truly know what that image is? Is man a physical representation of what god looks like? Is he a spirital representation? Or does he look like our Genes?

God created Adam & Eve in his own image, and only did he say Adam & Eve, heck, for all I know, he created Adam and Eve in his own image, and created 1,000,000 other people in his wife's image.

Please people, read you bible with open minds. Even it leaves room for so many possibilites.

Answer 8

You got it. So now you know mans history. I believe that's what scientists are tracing right now with this genome project they are doing. Last I saw, they think man had roots of a common ancestor in Africa somewhere. They are trying to trace it back to one man. And they believe in evolution. Since we know that man comes from man or apes from ape, what difference does it make? Man's gene are just that, men. Nothing else is.

Answer 9

We are all related. We all come from Adam and Eve. This is what the Bible and Koran says. Jews, Christians and Muslims are especially related. I hope that there would be more peace between these three communities.

Answer 10

Yes, and if Adam and Eve were Jewish (chosen people), then we are all Jewish.

But then the Bible says that Adam and Eve´s kids moved to another town to find wives.

Answer 11

Nope, you aren't missing a thing.

One of the points of Christianity is the potential brotherhood of all humans. In the physical, we can trace our biological ancestry. With Christ, to the future, we can become one in our hearts.