I'm an atheist but I have nothing against those who have faith. Can some christian's explain that at the beginning there was (allegedly) Adam and Eve and that everyone since them have been borne from them and their children i.e. mass incest. As someone else pointed out we should all then suffer the physical problems that incest brings. Just wondering what people's views are on this.
2007-09-20 23:53:26 · 10 answers · asked by flyingconfused 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ooooh, sorry poseiden if I don't spend my life on here monitoring what questions have been asked and which haven't!
2007-09-21 00:05:46 · update #1
Funny you should ask that. My partner and I had the same discussion not too long ago. From what I have read in the Bible, yes, I do believe we are all born from incest. Unless someone can come up with concrete evidence that we were not, I'm going to continue to believe that.
2007-09-20 23:58:31 · answer #1 · answered by g8rfan4u 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The God gave Adam and Eve law of marriages between their children as follows:
Eve delivered twins at every birth (A boy and a girl)
These twins were real brother and sister. They could not marry each other.
However, they could marry with the other set of twins.
There were no other humans to marry. So God must have taken measures that they don't get any diseases. Remember how healthy they were and lived more than 1000 years.
When population grew then God gave law to later Prophets like Noah etc. that sons and daughters of one brother or sister can marry with the sons and daughters of his brother or sister (which means cousins). They also didn't have diseases you are concerned today. Those days marriages within close relatives was necessary to have bond with the families to survive. Because tribe did fight between each other. They needed unity in each clan to survive. Fittest only survived in tribal battles.
2007-09-21 08:53:34 · answer #2 · answered by majeed3245 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-09-21 08:22:14 · answer #3 · answered by Furqaan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the Bible, people already existed before/alongside Adam and Eve, is mentioned before Adam in Genesis.
It amuses me that Adam got Eve because he was lonely....no mention of Eve being in need....ain't that the way now!
2007-09-21 07:05:00 · answer #4 · answered by 132 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No no..... God only mad it a bad thing after a little while, so things could get going ok. Then he said it was bad, and made mutated kids from Incest after that point.......
Well that's the work-around used by Creationists. hahaha
2007-09-21 07:43:10 · answer #5 · answered by jimmysaxo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Adam and Eve are mythological figures. The question is bull.
2014-07-28 23:48:02 · answer #6 · answered by ejm1965 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This gets asked thousands of times.
2007-09-21 06:57:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Everybody is very distantly related at some point, so we are all incestuous
2007-09-21 07:00:42 · answer #8 · answered by Leanne 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My view is religion is a load of bollocks.
2007-09-21 06:59:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
If we were bacteria at the very beginning, and we were evolving, so we evolve..
2007-09-21 07:03:11 · answer #10 · answered by - 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋