Was there really Adam and Eve?? Or just a story??

Question

please help....

Answer 1

I can't believe this is debated in the 21st century.

It's time to grow up. Like Santa Claus.

Interesting that Christians accept mitochondrial DNA that shows we have a common ancestor when they refuse to accept DNA evidence that validates the evolution of other species and shows the interconnectedness of life on this planet. Funny how they will interpret mitochondrial DNA to mean, "this validates my story about God and Adam and Eve and eating fruit from the tree of good and evil," instead of "science shows that we share a common ancestor."

Evolution makes sense. Adam and Eve is a misogynistic creation tale. The other two thousand gods have similar explanations for the world, equally nonsensical and disproved by scientific explorations of this earh.

Now watch as the nuts will vote me down to validate bronze age myths. Because popular religious opinion is always right, of course, regardless of facts.

Answer 2

Scientific evidence DOES NOT show we can all be traced back to one woman! The story of Adam and Eve goes against accepted scientific knowledge in many ways. Not least that they lived for 900 years.

This is from Wikipedia:

"The existence of Mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam does not imply the existence of population bottleneck or first couple. They co-existed with a large human population. Some of these contemporaries have no living descendants today, and others are ancestors of all people alive today. No contemporary of Mitochondrial Eve is an ancestor of only a subset of people alive today, because she lived much longer ago than the identical ancestors point.

Alan Wilson's naming Mitochondrial Eve 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.

Many women alive at the same time as Mitochondrial Eve have descendants alive today. They may have left descendants via either son or daughters (and grandsons or granddaughters, and so on). Nuclear genes from these contemporary women of Mitochondrial Eve may be present in today's population, but mitochondrial DNA from them are not."

Answer 3

Adam (Hebrew: אָדָם, "man"; Arabic: آدم; Ge'ez: አዳም) and Eve (Hebrew: חַוָּה, Ḥavva, "living one"; Arabic: حواء, Hawwa; Ge'ez: ሕይዋን, Hiywan) were the first man and woman created by God according to the Bible and the Qur'an.

This story is told in the Old Testament's book of Genesis, chapters 1, 2 and 3, with some additional elements in chapters 4 and 5. The main story elements are the creation of man and woman; the temptation and the Fall; the expulsion from Eden; and the subsequent peopling of the world outside the Garden of Eden. The narrative underwent extensive elaboration in later Abrahamic traditions, and modern textual scholarship continues to analyse the story's many layers, identifying, for example, parallels with Sumerian mythology. The story has provided many of the most important symbols in Western culture, including the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, the forbidden fruit, and the serpent as Satan, and has originated or reinforced some cultural ideas including the doctrine of original sin and the subordination of women in many Christian denominations, especially in past centuries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_and_eve

Answer 4

There was a genetic Adam and Eve, but they weren't really the first people. They're the ones whose bloodlines survived. It's like a family tree whose branches die off, and certain families are left. For example, I'm an only child with no children, so my line will die off, even though other branches of the family will go on.

The Adam and Eve story in the Bible is probably more myth than fact, though. Most cultures have some story of the creation of the world, and of how people came to be there.

Answer 5

It's a story in the bible, perhaps based on truth but like most stories in the Old Testament (like Noah's Ark), they are not true but based on conveying an ideology.

Some people translate them directly and that makes no sense. Otherwise, who would have Adam and Eve's children reproduced with, and how could Noah build an arch that could host two of every animal...and how would those animal's reproduce...it's just outdated with our current scientific knowledge, if you ask me.

Right, it is ALLEGORY - I cannot believe that so many people translate it literally. Look at all of the posts above. Unbelievable.

Answer 6

I can't say for sure, but I can give you my Christian opinion on this.
Ever notice that there are two creation accounts in Genesis? Ever notice that there are some slight differences in them?
I think the first account is the "true" one, and the second is a parable...a story told to teach a lesson. I believe that what happened is that Satan tempted the first people with knowledge they weren't evolved (yes, ladies and gentleman, the Christian lady said the "e-word") enough to handle. Perhaps that is why we keep using our knowledge to make newer better weapons to this day, rather than to provide for the earth's inhabitants.
That's just my opinion.

Answer 7

Yes Adam and Eve were real

The bible says so

they were the first humans

well it was really Adam and the Eve
because God made Eve out of Adam


i am with Esther
( she answered before me)

Answer 8

"Adam" is the Hebrew word for "mankind". The rest you can figure out on your own. There was a group of "first humans", but the Bible story is an allegory, and is not meant to be taken literally, no matter what anybody tells you.

Answer 9

If Adam was mentioned in the New Testament, I don't think the authors thought it was just a story. Neither do I.

Answer 10

please do not confuse religion with science. we did not evolve from apes man and animals were created by God PERIOD. evolution is happening everyday but i didn't come from bubbles the monkey or any of his relatives!!! i was made by God, not my parents, but God. was there an adam and eve yes its in the Bible!!!! and to say that anything in the Bible is fiction or to relate to modern science is just WRONG. why do people have such a hard time accepting and believing in something they can't see or touch. You breathe air do you not, we all do, yet you can't see it with your naked eyes!!! if a tree falls in the forrest and no one is there it still falls and makes a loud crash!!! don't get caught up on the theories of science and peoples misguided opinions, believe in God believe in His son and believe in yourself. past that its all lies set up by the Devil to misrepresent what God is trying to do and thats teach you that you are His and you need to be shown and understand that. Please read your Bible.