adam and eve (incest)

[blood-lord14]

The Bible is literally true, unless it says otherwise, like if it says here is a parable, or something appeared 'like' whatever. There are some good books out there on the subject. Of interest is that for centuries people looked at the Bible as all very mystical, I forget who started that, maybe Augustine, but I may be wrong, gotta look it up, anyway, as time went on people began to take it for what it said, especially when Israel became a nation again, then understanding of prophecy grew greatly. In the late 1800's and early 1900's many folk lost a lot of faith because of so called scientific findings that supposedly went against some statements in the Bible, however as time went on, both science and archeology agreed quite nicely with the Bible. Back in I believe 1863 someone came out with a big list of scientific facts that disproved the Bible, now every one of those facts have been found to be wrong. Anyway, a good rule of thumb is believe the Bible, and where you think there is a disagreement in science, just wait for science to catch up. And always pray, and ask the Holy Spirit to help you understand what you are reading, and how it applies to your life, and study, study, study! If you question something in the Bible, you can bet that there are many books on the subject which can help. I hit the internet or the local Christian bookstore, I look at all the different answers, and see which line up with what God's word says. All I know, is, seek and ye shall find, God has revealed all we need to know for now, but we must dig a bit ourselves.
Sincerely,
Joeboonda

no such thing as SO CALLED scientific findings..........carry on

 

[MdmSzdWhtGuy]

joeboonda chooses to beleive the bible as literally true in spite of a dearth of evidence for that position, and in spite of overwhelming evidence against parts of it (story of the flood, etc. . . ) and many others do the same thing.

Those who have taken the position that parts of the Bible are literal while other parts are figurative are attempting to meld the Bible with what they can no longer ignore as reality. Scientific advances over the years have forced some folks to take these positions. Others simply choose to ignore the sciences and have the same level of understanding of the world around them as did people living in the dark ages.

B.

 

[Buttons*]

If it's taken literally, the Bible is FULL of incest. One argument I heard supporting the adam and eve cause was this:
"Well when Adam and Eve were made, their gene pool was pure, and they could have incest without damaging the babies because they had such pure genes."
... i disagree...
my reasons, talking in a literal sense, "Well, what about the other times in the Bible where everyone was destroyed except for a few people like Sodom and Gohmorra (sp?), or Noah and his Ark? Wasn't their gene pool more messed up? Wouldn't their children have come out sick?"
... needless to say i dont look at Adam and Eve the way some people do...

 

[Idontknow]

Well if we take the bible by word, like christians fundamentalist or the ones that believe in creationism, then Adam and Eve did incest, they had to since they were the only 2 persons arround; and why christian religion dont accept incest its because you get damaged offspring therefore they would be accepting evolution and all it involves.

 

[blood-lord14]

Well if we take the bible by word, like christians fundamentalist or the ones that believe in creationism, then Adam and Eve did incest, they had to since they were the only 2 persons arround; and why christian religion dont accept incest its because you get damaged offspring therefore they would be accepting evolution and all it involves.

yes and also by believing such events your manifesting your fate quiet easily
i see the bible as more of a religous tool of manipulating the mind through both fear and belief,i have read the bible and my life isn't going very well i go to church and they don't care what i go through what's with that?

 

[joeboonda]

The older I get and the more research I have done, I have found that science and the Bible agree quite well with each other, and where they seem to disagree, I will simply let science catch up. With the incest thing, as I said, where there was no law, there was no sin. The idea that the gene's were less corrupted up until Moses' day when God made the law, works just fine. As I said, even Abraham married his half sister Sarah, and that was not too long before the Law was given to Moses. Also the more research i do, I find evidence of a wold wide catastrophic flood, rather than billions of years of evolution. I would urge folks to take an open look at creation science and really check it out and see if it may not just make sense. Also, the Bible has been used by archeologists for years to help them find ancient cities and such, and has proven to be completely accurate in its historical statements, not to mention medical and scientific statements. For example did you know that God told Moses to have people wash their hands in running water if they touched anything unclean or dead, and to quarantine sick people, and to cover their food and water pots, and they did not know of germs back then. It says the life is in the blood, that would have saved George Washingtons life, as they believed in blood-letting to cure sickness back then. The black plague was stopped, because a doctor read the Bible and saw that they should quarantind the sick. Spread of disease and death in hospitals was a terrible thing for ages, until they learned to wash in running water. There is so much more, I cannot post it all. The Bible is God's word, you can trust it, and trust in Jesus who gives eternal life as a free gift to all who would simply trust that he paid for their sins.

Sincerely,

Joeboonda