If Adam and Eve were the first then....

[PrincessTiff]

How did all the different races that inhabit the Earth come from just two people? I've never heard anyone explain that one to me.

Same with Noah's Ark and how did he supposedly got all those dangerous animals and poisonous reptiles to coexist with each other on a tiny vessel? Where were the Dinosaurs in all of that? We have physical proof that they existed and dig up remains every year. How come no mention of them? Same with the cavemen and how they lived?

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I've always asked the same questions. They never get answered of course.

 

[mickeyfan2]

I've often wondered if Adam and Eve had belly buttons.

Thank you for that thought. Now I have even more to ponder!!!

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

I've often wondered if Adam and Eve had belly buttons.

 

[disneyfan67]

And why oh why didn't Noah wait for the unicorns before he took off in the ark

Why did he single out the Dinosaurs and leave them behind? There's no mention of them at all. Was Noah a Dinophobe?

 

[mickeyfan2]

And why oh why didn't Noah wait for the unicorns before he took off in the ark

Damn another thing to ponder!!!


BTW I am not a literalist so none of this is a problem for me.

 

[JennyMominRI]

I've often wondered if Adam and Eve had belly buttons.

Not unless they were attached to G-d by an umbillical cord..Actually.I guess Adam would not but since Eve came out of Adam maybe she had an umbillical cord coming from Adam..Of course that is really king of oogie

 

[Brier Rose]

This is a little long, but thought it might be helpful. I did some research on this myself awhile back.


From one site....

Do the cavemen prove anything? So called "cavemen" have existed. Some may still exist. That is, I have heard of people living in caves. The Bible doesn't talk about cavemen in the sense you probably mean. From a practical rather than biblical standpoint, yes, the cavemen do prove something. They prove that men have adapted to their surroundings quite well. Some build houses, others live in caves, still others live in tents.

Do cavemen fit with the Bible?

Do I believe in "cavemen?" I sure do. Cavemen are just men who live in caves. There are real live cavemen that live in Australia today. At the town of Coober Pedy where it's so hot, people live under ground, instead of on top, and they have TV sets in their houses. Real live cavemen with TV sets!

You see, there have been many times in the past when people have lived in caves. You could imagine that after the event of the Tower of Babel, people spread out over the earth, and some of them would have gone and lived in caves. Because people have been so indoctrinated by evolution, they tend to think that because someone lived in a cave, they were primitive -- they were not as advanced as us or something like that.

Actually, it is interesting to look at the cave paintings of some of the people that lived in the past, like Cro Magnon man. Now, I certainly couldn't draw paintings as good as they have done. They showed people with their clothes and hats on. They were exquisite paintings. You see, these people were obviously highly intelligent and were not "ape men." Just because they live in a cave, doesn't mean they were primitive.

Do cavemen fit with the Bible? The answer is in Genesis. All people descended from Adam and Eve, even those people who lived in caves!



And another....


Are there dinosaurs in the Bible? And why would God want them? The answer to the second question is, the Bible doesn't say, and I don't know. Why does God want flies or dogs, or people? But are there dinosaurs in the Bible? Perhaps. We know that Genesis 1:20-25 tells about the creation of aquatic creatures, birds, reptiles, and other beasts. That appears to cover every category of dinosaur that I have ever read about. Job 3:8 and 41:11, Psalm 74:14 and 104:26 all speak of "Leviathan," a sea creature. Some interpret it to be the crocodile, but that is not certain. It may have been some aquatic dinosaur-like creature. We don't know. Job 40:15-24 tells of "behemoth," which some say is the hippopotamus, but may have been a dinosaur-like creature. The Bible lists some men with very long lives, even 900 years. If a modern lizard lived a comparatively long time, it would probably grow to a size resembling some large dinosaurs.

 

[JennyMominRI]

This is a little long, but thought it might be helpful. I did some research on this myself awhile back.


From one site....

Do the cavemen prove anything? So called "cavemen" have existed. Some may still exist. That is, I have heard of people living in caves. The Bible doesn't talk about cavemen in the sense you probably mean. From a practical rather than biblical standpoint, yes, the cavemen do prove something. They prove that men have adapted to their surroundings quite well. Some build houses, others live in caves, still others live in tents.

Do cavemen fit with the Bible?

Do I believe in "cavemen?" I sure do. Cavemen are just men who live in caves. There are real live cavemen that live in Australia today. At the town of Coober Pedy where it's so hot, people live under ground, instead of on top, and they have TV sets in their houses. Real live cavemen with TV sets!

You see, there have been many times in the past when people have lived in caves. You could imagine that after the event of the Tower of Babel, people spread out over the earth, and some of them would have gone and lived in caves. Because people have been so indoctrinated by evolution, they tend to think that because someone lived in a cave, they were primitive -- they were not as advanced as us or something like that.

Actually, it is interesting to look at the cave paintings of some of the people that lived in the past, like Cro Magnon man. Now, I certainly couldn't draw paintings as good as they have done. They showed people with their clothes and hats on. They were exquisite paintings. You see, these people were obviously highly intelligent and were not "ape men." Just because they live in a cave, doesn't mean they were primitive.

Do cavemen fit with the Bible? The answer is in Genesis. All people descended from Adam and Eve, even those people who lived in caves!



And another....


Are there dinosaurs in the Bible? And why would God want them? The answer to the second question is, the Bible doesn't say, and I don't know. Why does God want flies or dogs, or people? But are there dinosaurs in the Bible? Perhaps. We know that Genesis 1:20-25 tells about the creation of aquatic creatures, birds, reptiles, and other beasts. That appears to cover every category of dinosaur that I have ever read about. Job 3:8 and 41:11, Psalm 74:14 and 104:26 all speak of "Leviathan," a sea creature. Some interpret it to be the crocodile, but that is not certain. It may have been some aquatic dinosaur-like creature. We don't know. Job 40:15-24 tells of "behemoth," which some say is the hippopotamus, but may have been a dinosaur-like creature. The Bible lists some men with very long lives, even 900 years. If a modern lizard lived a comparatively long time, it would probably grow to a size resembling some large dinosaurs.

 

[Cantw8]

I am a caveman

you sure are

 

[Toby'sFriend]

My son had an Old Testament Instructor who taught that the Earth was literally just a little over 6000 years old and that Noah probably carried Dinosauer Eggs onto the ark. What kind of cracked me up is that he always maintained that the Bible is 100% the word of God and no man has the right to alter or provide his own interpretation away from the actual written words.


I went over and over it and nowhere could I find mention of the dinosauer eggs, but I guess not even he could fathom a couple of T-Rexes running around the decks of the boat so he made an exception.

 

[m&m's mom]

I will have a really good explanation... in a few weeks.
Our church is starting a series on science and the bible this Sunday. I got a little sneek peak when the preacher came to see my dad in the hospital yesterday and asked us how we felt about it. My mother is a science freak and has been her whole life so Adam and Eve were certainly never mentioned in our house. She stated that basically "God said the world was created in 6 days. How do we know what day we are on now?".
He agreed so I think I will enjoy the series and learn a lot.

 

[Cool-Beans]

I don't buy any of it. However, I think that my son should have faith since he is attending Catholic school and it seems to make him happy. I want to teach him what he is being taught in school but, I don't know the background. I think that it is a good thing to have faith, I just don't have it.

Catholics teach Adam and Eve in religion class and Evolution in Science class. The science explains how God did what he did.

For a 7 year old, I'd just stick with "Adam and Eve were the first people. They may not have looked like we do, because people looked different back then."

Good luck!

 

[disneyfan67]

Well just to throw in some useless info Jewish Midrash states that Adam and Eves children married their sisters..Cain and Abel had twins,and there were more children...They just leave the females out of the geneology..In short Cain and Abel married their twins

Where do the Chinese fit into all of that? How about the Hispanics? How about Indians? There's just so many different races that aren't explained how they arrived. Believe it or not, I'm not trying to stir the pot, but would like some answers from people who practice religion. I have never heard a complete, factual, intelligent sounding answer to those many questions.

 

[hentob]

As for cavemen and Noah, IMO it's sad people claim they are 100% literal.

To be fair, "cavemen" can be considered first semi upright beings. Whatever you want to call them, they existed. Evolution They most likely didn't dwell in caves. They may have held religious ceremonies there, but I don't think they lived there full time. Who knows, maybe they did. I don't think any adults believe that there were men that carried clubs and drug women by their hair and ate Brontosaurus Burgers, while adopting dinosaurs as pets Chalka anyone?

As for Noah's Ark, really. Do you really think that there are people who deep down believe that could have really happened? I think I figured out that "tale" around the same time I realized Santa wasn't real

 

[carone0318]

If Adam and Eve were the first people on earth then how is it that there were cavemen? My 7 yr old asked and I didnt have an answer, so I'm hoping that someone can help.

My children go to Catholic school and when they ask me questions like this or when was God born or how was God born, etc.

My response is that would be a wonderful question to ask Sister Peter (the principal) or your teacher. (That's why they get paid the big bucks ) I can handle the sex questions and stuff, but not the God questions. They have come up with some good God questions too over the years between the 2 of them.

 

[Toby'sFriend]

Religious people explain the different races in pretty much the same way Science does.

Noah parked the boat and everybody got off. There was some family squabbling and the son's took off to their own areas of the world to re-populate the Earth.
As time passed, these generations developed physical characteristics adapted to the geographical areas that they lived in.

There was one son who walked into a tent and saw Noah drunk and naked. That was bad, so he got punished by having his descendents "indebted" to the descendents of his brothers. That is the scripture that many people used to justify slavery for years. Sorry, I don't remember the specific names of the sons.

 

[JennyMominRI]

Where do the Chinese fit into all of that? How about the Hispanics? How about Indians? There's just so many different races that aren't explained how they arrived. Believe it or not, I'm not trying to stir the pot, but would like some answers from people who practice religion. I have never heard a complete, factual, intelligent sounding answer to those many questions.

Actually that would be pretty easy. As people spread out,and this can be from a Creationist standpoint or an Evolutionary one they moved into areas with different climates.. Different climates result in different skin tones and features depending on how much sun exposure one would experience. There is a reason that the further north we move the lighter the har and skin tone gets..Even changed in diet in different places could result in superficial biological changes
Of course I am religious and an evolutionist so I believe these changes in humans happened over hundreds of thousands of years and not 600 years...There is plenty of scientific evidence that human life started in Africa and spread from there over tens of thousands of years skin tones and features changed to adapt to the environment.
Of course if you take Genesis literally it can be argued that a *day * in G-ds eyes could be 100,000 human years.

 

[goofygirl]

How about, Adam and Eve is a lovely story, but it's just a story meant to teach us something.

Yes!!

My priest even said this in church. I thought "Oh man if certain people in this country heard him say that, they'd say he's going to Hell!"

 

[Aidensmom]

I've often wondered if Adam and Eve had belly buttons.

Oddly enough this is one of those things that doesn't get much better no matter what you believe. If you back far enough somebody "knew" their brother or sister.

These are two thoughts that have never occurred to me before, and I think I spent more time thinking about these now than the original question.

As for the OP, I believe science and faith do fit together, but that is because I do believe that the Bible, while always true, is not always literal. Some things are just meant to give us a general idea or teach us a lesson. I do believe Adam and Eve could very well have been the first people, someone had to be first. However, just because it is not mentioned specifically,that doesn't mean that God didn't just create other people right afterwards. I don't believe in the literal 7 days creation, I believe a day to God could be thousands of years to us, and Adam and Eve and others could very well have been what we think of as "cavemen." In all reality, they probably did live in a cave, nowhere does it say in the Bible "And on the 8th day, God created subdivisions."

 

[Tinks]

Where do the Chinese fit into all of that? How about the Hispanics? How about Indians? There's just so many different races that aren't explained how they arrived. Believe it or not, I'm not trying to stir the pot, but would like some answers from people who practice religion. I have never heard a complete, factual, intelligent sounding answer to those many questions.

To take this further, there is a biblical story about the Tower of Babel. I'm out the door to swimming lessons so no time to give a good account of it, but the general idea of that story is that people wanted to show their greatness and did so by building an enormous tower. This display angered God and he scattered them, if you will. They all began to speak in different tongues (languages) and had to separate because they could not speak/communicate with eachother. Hence why we have different languages, cultures, and peoples to this day.

Hope I didn't *****er that one. Genesis chapter 11.