Satuga wrote:Korhal IVV wrote:Theologians with a literal PHD on that subject disagree.
Story of Adam and Eve, if this frankly insane story were true, then our entire world would be based upon incest, which if doctors haven't told isn't exactly a good thing for the health of a person.
Story of the Ark, God with his mystic powers made all the animals friends to get on a boat built by some random guy and his family with no building experience whatsoever, and then the earth flooded killing all who didn't make it on the ark, in which the animals would then have to breed with each other and since there are only two of each species, once again we have a story of mass incest. Oh btw the boat design would have never lasted within such harsh conditions, but people usually play it off with "THE POWER OF GOD" excuse.
How come there's so much incest within these books?
Read Genesis again. It isn’t stated that they were literally the only people on Earth. Prior to the actual story of the couple, God (this part is either the persons of the Trinity interacting or God speaking to the angels) says thus:
Genesis 1:26-28 King James Version (KJV)
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
The best conclusion that could be drawn here is that Adam and Eve were the first to be created, and perhaps an example of the path of disobedience mankind was going down on. It is never stated that they were the only people around; if so, who is Cain afraid of after killing Abel? Where did he get his wife? Frankly, the notion that they were the only people in existence is little more than an assumption, and it is far, far, far more likely that the occurred in an already populated world. Plus, the flood most probably wasn’t literally global; it is more likely to have occurred in the populated area where the first humans were settled in. Remember that the whole point of the flood was to wipe out the wicked humans, not to destroy literally everything. And again, please remember that paid builders exist, and Noah would have most likely paid people to build the ark, and he already had the instructions.