And then there's that whole Noah's Ark bullsh... er, stuff.
I can speculate about the incest after there were only 8 people (hahaha) left on Earth, but the Faithheads may not. It is laid out in black and white in the book.
DF
quote:nash, it said she was(not could be, was) the mother of all living.
if it is your spin or take on this, or you're implying she was the adoptive mother, step mother or social mother where does the bible say it or imply that? where does the bible say god created other people? (that she wouldn't have given birth to, i'm pretty sure she was it. as for other people just showing up, without explaination, i think that means just that, which looks like one of many contradictions in the bible)
Exactly, was is past tense. The verse appears before they had children. How could Eve be the mother of all living before they had any children?
The Bible doesn't say that God stopped creating people after Adam and Eve. Their children married and had children of their own, so there had to be people from somewhere.
Genesis is basically a poem, a metaphorical way of explaining how God is responsible for existence. There are going to be parts that are unclear or confusing, and I don't claim to have all the answers. People can forget the overall meaning by focusing on small details.
quote:Originally posted by DeepFat:
And then there's that whole Noah's Ark bullsh... er, stuff.
I can speculate about the incest after there were only 8 people (hahaha) left on Earth, but the Faithheads may not. It is laid out in black and white in the book.
DF
There are millions of species on earth.
Let's be conservative and say that Noah only had to gather one million for the 450 foot barge. That's two million critters and eight people aboard a 450 barge for long time.
I spent a lot of time on my grandparents farm. It is a lot of work. How in the h3ll do they expect us to believe that they got them on board and had suffucient supplies of food and water.
And heaven forbid if the one of the species of lions or tigers couldn't wait until the dinner bell rang and had a goat for an appetizer....
Listen, if eight people worked 24/7 they couldn't even shovel all the sh@t for a fraction of the two million animals, much less feed them and keep the peace during a violent storm on the high seas.
And people swallow this tall tale hook, line and sinker....
Please, somebody think about this rationally and logically....that's all I'm I'm saying....
Don't forget that "clean" animals and birds were to be taken in sevens!
So, "clean" animals were taken by 7s. That means 14 of them.
There were only 8 humans.
I'm insulted.
DF
There were only 8 humans.
I'm insulted.
DF
quote:Originally posted by DeepFat:
So, "clean" animals were taken by 7s. That means 14 of them.
There were only 8 humans.
I'm insulted.
DF
Ge 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Ge 6:6 And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
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Ge 6:8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
God brought the flood because of the wickedness of mankind, and not because of the wickedness of the animals.
Noah and all that believed and were with him entered the ark, and God shut the door behind them. Seven days later the rain began. Jesus is the door of life, and He offers grace and salvation to all who will believe and enter in. But one day that door will be shut, and afterward God's wrath will be poured out. You can be counted with the few or with the many. It's your choice.
quote:Originally posted by what4:
Show me in the bible where someone just showed up that had nothing to do with being the child of Adam and Eve. You have no contradition unless you can state where an ovbious contradiction exists.
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quote:Originally posted by traderconnections:
Adam and Eve produced children and there was no gene defect????????
and I thought I had the answer why we have turned out the way we are....
Glad you asked this question before I did, trader!
I'm quite qurious as to what the answer is going to be!
quote:Eve was made from a rib taken from Adam,
I'm curious: Do you beleive that this explains why man has one less rib than woman?
quote:Originally posted by miamizsun:quote:Originally posted by what4:
Show me in the bible where someone just showed up that had nothing to do with being the child of Adam and Eve. You have no contradition unless you can state where an ovbious contradiction exists.
Scroll back.
If you are referring to Cain worrying about people wanting to slay him, you must consider that God had just gotten finished telling him that he would be a fugitive and a vagabond. Cain expected to live a very long time, so he knew that people would soon exist that might want to kill him for what he had done. He was concerned because God had just told him that he would be a fugitive. You can’t jump to the conclusion that other men and women must have already existed in abundance, but Cain knew that other men and women would soon exist. Many came to exist who were his children, grand children, great and great great grand children. They in turn would have had children. I could not find how long Cain lived but many people at that time lived hundreds of years. Cain could have established a city through his own family, and could have lived to see hundreds of his own descendants before he died. He also knew that there would be a possibility of eventually running into those who would not be of his own descendants.
I have a feeling that population grew pretty quick. Most all lived hundreds of years so even if Cain was 20 years old when he killed Abel, he was worried about what would happen to him later if not in the present. It did not say that Cain found his wife in Nod, but rather that he knew her and they had a child. To read anything more into this is jumping the gun and drawing conclusions without facts. Again, tell me where the obvious contradiction exists.
quote:Originally posted by GoFish:quote:Eve was made from a rib taken from Adam,
I'm curious: Do you beleive that this explains why man has one less rib than woman?
If you lost your leg would your children be born without a leg?
Oh my goodness! How ya'll DO go on! Now I know why I haven't visited this forum for 4 months. Humans were asexual? Wow. That is really thinking outside the box, 
I gotta' hand it to ya'!
I gotta' hand it to ya'!quote:I'm curious: Do you beleive that this explains why man has one less rib than woman?
If you lost your leg would your children be born without a leg?
Of course not but that does not answer the question: Do you beleive that the removal of Adam's rib explains why man has one less rib than woman?
quote:Originally posted by GoFish:quote:I'm curious: Do you beleive that this explains why man has one less rib than woman?
If you lost your leg would your children be born without a leg?
Of course not but that does not answer the question: Do you beleive that the removal of Adam's rib explains why man has one less rib than woman?
No more than I believe DNA explains that we evolved from monkeys.