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. . . Not that a question so old even dignifies a response when it has already been asked and answered a million times over the last couple thousand years.

But, for the sake of boredom.

The simplest and most obvious answer is that it isn't a literal account in the first place. Instead it's a parable that god created men and women not a single man and women. (or that he created life in general, along with all that is)

You seem to think that you can poke holes in all christian faith just by attacking the literal interpretations of an ancient folk story.

I mean it's absolutely too easy to win an argument with somebody who believes in literal interpretation of the bible, fundamentalist christians are by far the most ludicrous. Most christians don't even believe the bible in its entirety is a literal work. It can't be interpreted as such without you being completely insane.

But, just because it isn't literal doesn't mean that it somehow eliminates the entire religions credibility or the value of the message, noting seemingly apparent flaws in the bible isn't enough to undo the entire basis of christian faith.

Also:

If the children of adam and eve committed incest and even if that was a sin, the stories of the bible are filled with people going against the will of god. They ate the apple didn't they? I mean really come on. Pointing out that people did something that was bad, something that is a sin. Does not even have any relevance at all. It's no secret that human kind is flawed, it's a perpetual theme in christianity and in the bible that there is an inherent evil in humans, from the apple to incest isn't even a far stretch. It seems that we are naturally predisposed to committing sins, by its very design christianity claims all men to be sinners. As we are all a product of the original sin. We are incapable of not sinning. If all people on the earth are interrelated then we are all committing incest still. Procreation is by christian logic a sin, and as such nobody escapes sin. It is a belief that they can atone for their sins however. That Jesus gave his life to absolve humankind of its sin. That a main element in christianity is acceptance of human flaws, of the fact that we cannot escape sin, and that it is by our own choice that we choose to abstain from evil and save ourselves. It is in making that choice that christians gain their power of faith, it's where their solace lies.

So, is it really a flaw in the first place that people could be a product of sin?

Quote: from JohnTheNormalOne at 1:31 pm on Nov. 11, 2008

Not only is it forbidden in the Bible, but it also creates a large chance for genetic disorder. Also, how could we get the genetic variety that we have today from only two specimens?

. . . and as for this. As for the large chance of genetic disorders. The rate of birth defects between direct relatives is around 25%. So, every 1 in 4 children you produce out of incest might have a genetic disorder. That's not even bad odds, and taking into account the lack of medical science at the time Darwinism kinda wins out don't ya think? Only the strong would have survived and the rest would have been discarded so, it isn't all that big of a hill to climb. And, the whole how do we get so much variety out of two specimens. Well, since current science suggests that all of the magnificent biodiversity we have now was evolved from the same single cell organisms that was a really stupid question. It's called speciation and I'm pretty sure it covers it all. Of course that is if you accept evolution.

I hope that covers it. Oh, and I'm not a christian if that matters any.

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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute
for the lost faith in ourselves. ~Eric Hoffer

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