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

[AuntieM03]

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.

Interesting, thank you. I grew up a Christian and went to a Christian school, my Bible teacher taught us basically the same regarding the dinosaurs.

 

[goofygirl]

The cavemen are still around ya know....

 

[JennyMominRI]

The cavemen are still around ya know....

That's kind of a hot looking cave man... He can paint in my cave any time he wants too

 

[salmoneous]

Why did he single out the Dinosaurs and leave them behind?

When you've got 350,000 species of beetles on board (not to mention the other 1,000,000 species of insects), there isn't room for dinosaurs.

 

[salmoneous]

The earth is packed with evidence that humans have been around a lot longer than the Biblical stories tell us. You need to teach your kids either:

1) The Bible - like Jesus - speaks to us in parables - stories that are meant to teach us lessons, not to be taken literally.

2) God created the Earth 6,000 years ago and left tons of evidence lying around that makes it look like the earth is much older. We don't know why. We can ask when we see Him in Heaven.

 

[ButchJohnson]

I think one answer is the Bible isn't meant to explain anything and every thing that has ever happened, every creature that has existed etc., that's not the point of the bible to explain in detail where every creature went, when they existed as far as how we measure time etc., etc. It has a different purpose than that.

 

[billythefish]

dd was just asking me the other day about adam and eve-her question was if they were the first/only people initialy on the earth does that mean they had at least one son and one daughter that then 'um, ew, ick- had a baby TOGETHER?', and those babies grew up and kept having babies with their brothers and sisters....

Not neccesarily, Adam could have had kids with one of his daughters, of Eve with one of her sons. Whichever way it happened, it seems we're all the result of Biblical incest.

 

[DisneyBeagle]

The cavemen are still around ya know....

Am I the only one that thinks he looks like Barry Gibb?

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

"I'll have the roast Duck, with the Mango salsa..."

 

[MosMom]

I am Barry freakin Gibb!

 

[XOoOoVEEoOoOX]

Am I the only one that thinks he looks like Barry Gibb?

* In a room full of straa-aangers, talking about politics and the news of the daaaaay, and I want to talk to you! Though you may not want me to, Im still goin to talk to you I dont care what you saaay! Talking it up, on the Barry Gibbs talk show, talking bout chest hair, talking bout crazy cool medallions, Talking up on the Arry Ibbs Alk show, talking boult politics in this razy crazy tahahown..*

Sorry I love that sketch on SNL, and though this thread could use another SNL reference

 

[XOoOoVEEoOoOX]

I am Barry freakin Gibb!

great minds think alike

 

[NeverlandClub23]

I think one answer is the Bible isn't meant to explain anything and every thing that has ever happened, every creature that has existed etc., that's not the point of the bible to explain in detail where every creature went, when they existed as far as how we measure time etc., etc. It has a different purpose than that.

I agree completely.

 

[allieoop]

Not neccesarily, Adam could have had kids with one of his daughters, of Eve with one of her sons. Whichever way it happened, it seems we're all the result of Biblical incest.

Or maybe Cain had children with "the others" that he was afraid would kill him (maybe they were the cavemen??)?

 

[disneyfan67]

They must have been cavemen...the garden of eden was just a little darker and colder than described. More animal fur, less on the grape leaves.

Being cavemen they probably had no access to Direct Tv, no Tivo, and I'll be willing to bet no good Chinese take out. I'm talking real dark ages here.

 

[diznygirl]

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

Dinosaurs did not exist on earth at the same time as people. Sorry, The Flintstones was a work of fiction.

And the people who wrote the Bible never dug up or heard about anyone digging up a dinosaur bone. Therefore, no dinos.

 

[MyGoofy26]

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.

This reminds me of something I've often wondered about. I've gone to a few different churches in my life and at one point or another the topic of time has come up, essentially saying that a year would be like a second to God. His (and anyone in Heaven) perception of time is much different from ours.

And yet no one ever seems to consider that when doing the math for how old the planet is or the timing of certain events.

IF (big if) people want to read the Bible literally, how can they be so sure that the time is in "Earth time" (LOL!) or God's time? I'd think if it was "God's time" then the evolutionist and creationist timelines might actually overlap quite a bit.

 

[tikilyn]

To the Op. My dd6 asked me this question last month. I told her that God created Adam and Eve first and then when he was finish with them he created everyone else!!!

She accepted that! Really I don't know the bible to well. We just finally found a church we like and my parents never made me go when I was little.

 

[ButchJohnson]

Dinosaurs did not exist on earth at the same time as people. Sorry, The Flintstones was a work of fiction.

And the people who wrote the Bible never dug up or heard about anyone digging up a dinosaur bone. Therefore, no dinos.

Hey now you can't dispute the Flintstones, if dinos didn't exist the same time as man, how did the cave men get around in their buggies that were headed up by teams of brontisauruses???? Ummmmmm answer that one smarty pants.

 

[bigmerle1966]

This reminds me of something I've often wondered about. I've gone to a few different churches in my life and at one point or another the topic of time has come up, essentially saying that a year would be like a second to God. His (and anyone in Heaven) perception of time is much different from ours.

And yet no one ever seems to consider that when doing the math for how old the planet is or the timing of certain events.

IF (big if) people want to read the Bible literally, how can they be so sure that the time is in "Earth time" (LOL!) or God's time? I'd think if it was "God's time" then the evolutionist and creationist timelines might actually overlap quite a bit.

And "let there be light" could be the "big bang". I've heard that before and so many people argue with it. Maybe it makes them think that if they accept that theory it is saying God isn't real.