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filtherton · 02-24-2004, 07:31 PM

Adam and eve, the first two humans. They get it on, have two children. One of their children kills the other leaving one child. How does three become billions? How can inbreeding such as this be sustained to the effect of billions of people?

I've been wondering about this for a long time and i guess because of this question i've always thought about the story of adam and eve as mere parable. It has also always made the idea of a christian denouncing incest rather odd to me.

It occurs to me that i might have missed sunday school on the day when they explained this, so i apologize in advance if i am asking a silly question.

02-24-2004, 07:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
filtherton Junkie Location: In the land of ice and snow.	Does the story of adam and eve imply incest? Adam and eve, the first two humans. They get it on, have two children. One of their children kills the other leaving one child. How does three become billions? How can inbreeding such as this be sustained to the effect of billions of people? I've been wondering about this for a long time and i guess because of this question i've always thought about the story of adam and eve as mere parable. It has also always made the idea of a christian denouncing incest rather odd to me. It occurs to me that i might have missed sunday school on the day when they explained this, so i apologize in advance if i am asking a silly question.