Neoteny wrote:Greg's... structured... post on sin creating sin reminded me that I have had a query for the religionists for a little while now. There is always talk of parts of the Bible being metaphoric and others not being so. I want to know how many CCers believe in a literal interpretation of the creation of man as found in Genesis.
In short, do you believe Adam and Eve were the first humans, and are responsible for the entry of sin into our universe?
I'd appreciate honest responses to this topic before it degenerates into everyone ignoring each other's points and me eventually skipping out on reading it after complaining about how retarded religion is. Thanks for your time.
Here you go.
In
Genesis 4:16 it says,
"Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 17And Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son." Genesis tells us that Adam and Eve had two sons: Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel, was exiled by God, and then in
Genesis 4:17 we read that Cain had relations with his wife.
Where did Cain get his wife? The answer is simple: Cain married either his sister or a niece. In
Genesis 5:4 we see that Adam had other sons and daughters.
"This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created. 3When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. 4Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters. 5So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died," (
Gen. 5:1-5).
Since Adam lived several hundred years, having lots of children was not a problem. The Genesis account does not tell us about the order of the births nor does it tell us how old they were. By having many children it is certainly possible that there were many women around. This would mean that Cain married either a sister or a niece or some other relation. Of course at this point, the question of inbreeding is raised. But it is not a problem early on in the human race because the genetic line was so pure. Therefore, the prohibition against incest was not proclaimed until much much later (
Lev. 18:6-18).
One of the reasons many Christians cannot answer the question about Cain’s wife and why many non Christians think the answer is bad or wrong is that they tend to look at today’s world and the problems that would be associated with close relations marrying, and they do not look at the clear historical record God has given to us.
They try to interpret Genesis from our present situation rather than understand the true biblical history of the world and the changes that have occurred because of sin. Because they are not building their worldview on Scripture but taking a secular way of thinking to the Bible, they are blinded to the simple answers.
SO there is my answer Neoteny. You probably will not like it but there it is all the same.
WM
P.S. Sorry I have not been around lately. I have been readign and putting together a post that will cover my opinion and position on the EvoVCrea/Logic/Freaks/Religion and it is taking some time. Plus with the basement flood a couple months back, my job getting busy and now a 2nd baby being born (he is 4 days old) I have been busy. SO don't think I just left.
because the only woman around is his mother and..... 
u get the point
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