Originally Posted by Beer

They were invisible because Adam was invisible. And the world was not created in 7 days despite the assertions in the best selling fiction novel - "Bible".

Actually, good question. And it raises another question: was Adam a white guy?

Originally Posted by Crystal

Why would everyone HAVE to have the same color? What if Adam and Eve's children recieved recessive genes or dominant genes or a combination of both. What about Eve's eyes? Are you assuming they must have the same color since she was made of his rib? Are you then assuming they have the same DNA? Adam would have to have a recessive gene and a dominant gene, therefore Eve would also have to have a recessive gene and a dominant gene - both of their eyes would have to be brown, but if they passed recessive genes on to their offspring then their offspring could have had blue or green eyes.

Hey, I have a question about Adam and Eve...if they were created to populate the earth...they had two sons...where did these two sons find wives? Could it be God created other people, but the bible only speaks of Adam and Eve? Does anyone know? Or maybe Adam and Eve had other children but the bible ony mentions Cain and Abel...but that would mean there was some incest going on and we all know freaky things can happen to our genes once incest is involoved? Is that how we got recessive genes?

BTW, My dad and sister both have green eyes. My mom and I have brown eyes. Of all my cousins, I'm the only one with brown eyes.

Originally Posted by Crystal

Genetic mutations can easily happen when brothers and sisters (or family members) have children. The book of Genesis also speaks of Adam's son Seth and mentions many "other sons and daughters".


Okay, I asked my mom and she went to get my dad's bible study books.

Wycliffe Bible Commentary:
The Book of Genesis does not answer the oft-repeated question: Where did Cain get his wife? It does make it clear that other sons and daughters were born to Adam and Eve. It also presents the lapse of many years (maybe hundreds of years) before Cains marriage experience. Since all life came from the first divinely created human pair, it is necessary to conclude at some time brothers and sister married each other. By the time Cain was ready to set up a home, Adam and Eve had numerous descendants. It is not at all necessary to imagine another race of people already well established in the world. Cain's wife was one of the family of Adam and Eve.

Okay, so the human race is based on incest according to the bible. Cain would have had to marry a sister or neice. It's kind of a creepy thought to think we all came of incest.

Originally Posted by Non Sequitur

Personally I don't think the genesis story can be taken that literally, but hey.

Originally Posted by Mark_Twain

Or maybe (and quite probably) it is all complete and utter bullshit (not you, Crystal, but Genesis).

Originally Posted by Mark_Twain

Well, if incest was good enough for God's first people, I'm gonna call my mom & sisters over for a weekend of frivolity.