if so, doesn't that make us all incestuous?
2007-03-22 05:34:10 · 23 answers · asked by bilko_ca 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No!
It's a myth.
And, you're right, if it were true, then we're all descendents of incest !
Cheers!
Simon Templar
2007-03-22 05:37:39 · answer #1 · answered by In Memory of Simon Templar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No!
They are not. You might have been more specific on this. Many cultures do not refer back to Adam and Eve. More respect and acknowledgement for other peoples and cultures would improve dialogue on here.
Civilization and human beings existed before Adam and Eve. How so you ask? Because that whole thing started with the Zoroastrians.
See the old video series The Western Tradition and read The Chalice and The Blade. There are other sources but I like these two.
Cute remark and I agree with you it would. I believe in evolution and frankly that beliefs has no conflict with my belief in the Divine. I find the idea of beings coming here from away (somewhere other than earth) more plausible than the literal acceptance of the story of the Garden of Eden!
The idea that the Garden of Eden was a historical reference long evolved into symbolic text manipulated by the belief in a male patriarchal god came out of the true history of ancient Europe. Again, read The Chalice and The Blade. That rings more true to me.
Peace and good will to all.
PS to Uncle...apparently there is new information on the genetic material of seven human females as the basis of our human family today. So. there ya go eh!
2007-03-22 05:45:03 · answer #2 · answered by Jamie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam and Eve had the privilege of starting the human race.
Their relationship was not incestuous.
It is true that having sex with your sister seems a bit repugnant to most people, today.
However, even science tells us we go back to 1 set of original parents.
“All the peoples of the earth are a single family and have a common origin.”
The Races of Mankind, by Anthropologists Ruth Benedict and Gene Weltfish.
“Science now corroborates what most great religions have long been preaching: Human beings of all races are . . . descended from the same first man.”
Science writer Amram Scheinfeld.
In an effort to make things more tolerable:
If you were born 20 years ahead of your sister, you would already have left home and never really know your sister.
You might consider her a stranger and the fact you were related is just an interesting side-bar.
2007-03-22 05:44:55 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I do not
And for sweetie_baby. You need to do a little more research on Mitochondrial DNA before you try and use it. It does not prove Adam and Eve, actually it disproves it. They say Mitochondrial Eve lived about 140,000 years ago...so that just about shoot the Adam and Eve story to pieces doesn't it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve
Allan Wilson's naming Mitochondrial Eve [4] after Eve of the Genesis creation story has led to some misunderstandings among the general public. A common misconception is that Mitochondrial Eve was the only living human female of her time — she was not. Had she been the only living female of her time, humanity would most likely have become extinct due to the extreme population bottleneck.
2007-03-22 05:57:14 · answer #4 · answered by photogrl262000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...we all walk on two legs and have the same atributes for a reason! We had to come from somewhere, right? Adam and Eve were the first humans created by God, then evolution kicks in and that's what you have today. And yes, i am related to you.
2007-03-22 05:41:15 · answer #5 · answered by Audrey V 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a limit to the number of generations you must go to have the incestuous term not apply.
2007-03-22 05:39:43 · answer #6 · answered by swamp elf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they were the basis of civilization, then they were probably a few thousand years late. The Egyptians and etc have already started THEIR civilizations and were well on their way to exploring the world.
2007-03-22 05:38:53 · answer #7 · answered by optimistic_pessimist1985 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All men are genetic descendants of Adam (the first man--1 Cor. 15:45), with all post-Flood men also being descended from the loins of Noah (Gen.9:1). 'Cavemen,' i.e., those who took refuge in caves (NEVER transitional "Ape-men"), are only mentioned after the Flood (Job 30:3-6ff/ Gen. 19:30/ 1 Sam.24:3-8ff, etc.), with Adam's immediate descendants being highly intelligent and advanced enough even to construct cities (Gen. 4:17)!
Dr. Carl E. Baugh, in fact, lists 56 points of superiority of these men over today's presumed "modern" man in his enlightening book, 'Panorama of Creation' (Chpt.3, pp.27-43), including observational articulation, synergistic language, speech anatomy, parallel expression, and poetic declamation. This valuable resource is available at the Creation Evidence Museum
2007-03-22 05:39:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Adam and Eve is a classic creation story. I do not believe it's literal truth.
2007-03-22 05:39:50 · answer #9 · answered by milomax 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and Yes.
Side point, Sciences theory of a "Medicondrial Eve" has proven that almost all of us can be traced back to her. Do a search, its not a religious theory, its a scientific one. And interesting to boot.
So science, or religion, we are all just sleeping with family.
2007-03-22 05:37:57 · answer #10 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wanna buy a bridge? Lolol
2007-03-22 05:37:39 · answer #11 · answered by Joew noyb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋