Mates for children of Adam and Eve

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Someone asked me if we believe Adam and Eve were truly our first two humans (yes) and if so, why would God allow their children to mate, which would be immoral (incest). I’d appreciate some help in answering this.
 
God knew that this was the Only way to start a population. In time though, God forbid this.
 
quiet52 said:
Someone asked me if we believe Adam and Eve were truly our first two humans (yes) and if so, why would God allow their children to mate, which would be immoral (incest). I’d appreciate some help in answering this.
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I’m not sure that Adam and Eve were actually the only human beings in existence… Besides, they had three boys! I’m not sure that incest is the correct answer.
 
Mystical_Rose said:
I’m not sure that Adam and Eve were actually the only human beings in existence… Besides, they had three boys! I’m not sure that incest is the correct answer.
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Genesis 5:4 reports that Adam (and presumably Eve) also had other sons and daughters.
 
Keep in mind that the reason incest is forbidden today is because of the corruption of the gene pool.

When Man (Adam) was first created, our bodies were more “perfect” than they are today. Over time, gene mutations occur in the species which is why fresh gene pools are required when mating.

My guess is that is one reason why humans were able to live so long. I would also bet that things like cancer did not exist at that time.
 
Apparently the encyclical Humani Generis by Pope Pius XII teaches that Adam and Eve actually existed and that we are all descended from them.

I hope that helps, and then I guess the incest thread will tell you the rest 🙂
 
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God did not forbid incest until the Law of Moses.
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Isn’t that part of the “natural law” though?

Also, is it possible that Adam and Eve were created first and started their family, and then later God created more people?
 
MH84 said:
Isn’t that part of the “natural law” though?

Also, is it possible that Adam and Eve were created first and started their family, and then later God created more people?
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Probably not, as these humans would not be descendants of Adam, and would not be bound by Original Sin.

If this had happened, they, too would have had to sin, if we assume that ALL of mankind is “infected” by Original Sin today.
 
The funny thing is that evolutionary biology does believe in the existance of a biological “ADAM”, there were many men before him but he was the first moden one. Every man on earth comes from him.
That means that there were many other people rather that the first ADAM and Eve, but they were the first moden ones. And when their descendants mated with the other people, they created modern humanity.
So if you interpret the Genesis in a symbolic way it makes sense prefectly. A have made a post on the subject of evolution in other thread.
 
If a particular act is necessary in order for man to return to God it is natural and good to do. Nature serves man man doesn’t serve nature. This was the excuse Lots daughters used for having relations with their father. Unfortunately for them it wasn’t necessary for anyone’s salvation for them to do it.
 
joecap said:
Keep in mind that the reason incest is forbidden today is because of the corruption of the gene pool.

When Man (Adam) was first created, our bodies were more “perfect” than they are today. Over time, gene mutations occur in the species which is why fresh gene pools are required when mating.

My guess is that is one reason why humans were able to live so long. I would also bet that things like cancer did not exist at that time.
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This is sound reasoning – wish I’d thought of it. 🙂
Thank you everybody for your help.
 
Hi MysticalRose,

I’m not sure that Adam and Eve were actually the only human beings in existence

You may be right, as there is evidence that various species of humans may have existed. But it is an article of faith that all humans presently on earth are descended from the same parents.

Modern science is confirming this :
DNA analysis has recently opened a door to new information about the very origins of the human race. A team of scientists at Emory University School of Medicine, using DNA analysis of the mitochondrial material carried only in egg cells and therefore through the lines of female descent, and a similar group working with DNA analysis of the Y-chromosome male line, have both traced the genetic history of our species back to one common ancestor of each sex who lived in central Africa approximately 150,000 years ago. Their work implies that everyone living today is descended from these two people. Of course, this genetic Adam and Eve were not the only humans alive in their day, but evidence suggests that all of the descendants of their peers died out centuries, even millennia, ago.
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genomicart.org/genome-chap5.htm

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