Did God advocate incest?

[Ben Thomson]

He created Adam and Eve than told them to start populating the earth. How does that happen without a lot of incest going on. What does the Mark of Cain mean? He was one of only four people on earth, him, Abel, until he killed him and his parents so who was supposed to avoid him when he was banished?

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Askr and Embla

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[Damaged Eagle]

Manu and Shatrupa

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[Blackrook]

After Adam and Eve got tossed out of Eden, they had two sons Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel and Cain's punishment was to go out into the world.

Apparently, there were other humans in the world by this point, but that is not explained.

How to explain?

This part of the Bible relates stories that didn't literally happen, but are meant to teach a moral lesson.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

I don't know the answer to that one, Ben.

So, Is your sister really hot?

 

[Ben Thomson]

I don't know the answer to that one, Ben.

Is your sister really hot?

Don't have a sister.. sorry.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Pandora

They never did say who the first man was in Greek Mythology so she's probably Cains mate.

Thinking about it..... That probably explains a lot about the human race.

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[WinterBorn]

After Adam and Eve got tossed out of Eden, they had two sons Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel and Cain's punishment was to go out into the world.

Apparently, there were other humans in the world by this point, but that is not explained.

How to explain?

This part of the Bible relates stories that didn't literally happen, but are meant to teach a moral lesson.

If I recall, Cain went out into the world and into the Kingdom of Nod and took a wife. So there were other people in the world.

 

[Blackrook]

The Bible makes sense if you realize that part of it is about real people who actually lived and part of it isn't.

 

[Picaro]

The Bible makes sense if you realize that part of it is about real people who actually lived and part of it isn't.

Yes. It has at least four separate 'voices' through which it speaks.

Some people have the erroneous notion that everything Jews and other people did described in the books were ordered or approved of by God, which is rubbish.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

What does the Mark of Cain mean? He was one of only four people on earth, him, Abel, until he killed him and his parents so who was supposed to avoid him when he was banished?

The Bible does not say, nor even imply, that at the time, there were only four people. It says nothing at all about how many other children, grandchildren, and so on, Adam and Eve might have had, by the time the whole mess with Cain and Abel came up.

 

[Meriweather]

He created Adam and Eve than told them to start populating the earth. How does that happen without a lot of incest going on. What does the Mark of Cain mean? He was one of only four people on earth, him, Abel, until he killed him and his parents so who was supposed to avoid him when he was banished?

Have you heard the theory that since Adam means man, it is the story of mankind. Adam is not a single character, he represents an entire tribe--the tribe of man. Eventually this tribe is so large, two sections of it break away--first the tribe of Cain, people who wished to farm the land, then the tribe of Abel, people who wished to raise sheep and/or goats on the land. No fences at the time, and no doubt the sheep and goats found tasty goodies in the farmland. There was a big fight between the agriculturists and the shepherds (the first war) and the tribe of Cain basically slaughtered the tribe of Abel. The tribe of Adam was so incensed (and probably the tribe of Cain so ashamed) that the tribe of Cain moved much farther away and began building cities. Meanwhile, the tribe of Adam continued to prosper and at length the tribe of Seth emerged from it.

I think this theory emerged back in the 1960s, noting that it would explain the population explosion that seemed to occur, and the problems that crop up when incest takes place in families. It may also explain the age of Adam. While it does not seem likely that even ancient man lived hundreds of years, a tribe may well have existed 930 years.

Whether the theory is true, I do not know, but it has always fascinated me because it makes sense and is based on bits from the story itself.

 

[RodISHI]

I had to look up theist to see if I should make a reply to the OP's ?

No God didn't say do incest with family members and anyone that thinks such is way off course. If you cannot think in the spirit though you cannot get there to find the answers to your questions. I know and understand this having been there and thought in the flesh without even considering the spirit; as humans aka adams who are asleep or unaware of the spirit at work that is what we do.

Eve is also known as life. Meaning life in the spirit given consciousness, to teach, to show where life is. Eve is the mother of life in you. The mother of all living, not the mother of the spiritually dead.

 

[Taz]

He created Adam and Eve than told them to start populating the earth. How does that happen without a lot of incest going on. What does the Mark of Cain mean? He was one of only four people on earth, him, Abel, until he killed him and his parents so who was supposed to avoid him when he was banished?

God booted Adam and Eve out of Eden for having hetero sex, instead of Adam staying with god in homo heaven.

 

[ding]

He created Adam and Eve than told them to start populating the earth. How does that happen without a lot of incest going on. What does the Mark of Cain mean? He was one of only four people on earth, him, Abel, until he killed him and his parents so who was supposed to avoid him when he was banished?

So you read the account of Genesis literally then. Interesting.

 

[norwegen]

Diverse responses to a simple question.

The answer is obviously relative.

 

[ding]

He created Adam and Eve than told them to start populating the earth. How does that happen without a lot of incest going on. What does the Mark of Cain mean? He was one of only four people on earth, him, Abel, until he killed him and his parents so who was supposed to avoid him when he was banished?

God booted Adam and Eve out of Eden for having hetero sex, instead of Adam staying with god in homo heaven.

Your childish interpretations are entertaining, Taz. Don't change a thing.

 

[Hollie]

He created Adam and Eve than told them to start populating the earth. How does that happen without a lot of incest going on. What does the Mark of Cain mean? He was one of only four people on earth, him, Abel, until he killed him and his parents so who was supposed to avoid him when he was banished?

Respectfully, I think the question is flawed.

Re-population of the planet occurred after Noah’s cruise to nowhere. Who was left after Noah docked the Ark and did the duty-free shopping thing?

Yes, Noah and his immediate family. So, yes, incestuous and familial relations resisted in humanity today, if you believe the Flood, Ark fable.

 

[Taz]

He created Adam and Eve than told them to start populating the earth. How does that happen without a lot of incest going on. What does the Mark of Cain mean? He was one of only four people on earth, him, Abel, until he killed him and his parents so who was supposed to avoid him when he was banished?

God booted Adam and Eve out of Eden for having hetero sex, instead of Adam staying with god in homo heaven.

Your childish interpretations are entertaining, Taz. Don't change a thing.

If god wanted Adam and Eve to populate the earth, why did he punish them for having hetero sex? Because they were bro and sis?

 

[ding]

He created Adam and Eve than told them to start populating the earth. How does that happen without a lot of incest going on. What does the Mark of Cain mean? He was one of only four people on earth, him, Abel, until he killed him and his parents so who was supposed to avoid him when he was banished?

God booted Adam and Eve out of Eden for having hetero sex, instead of Adam staying with god in homo heaven.

Your childish interpretations are entertaining, Taz. Don't change a thing.

If god wanted Adam and Eve to populate the earth, why did he punish them for having hetero sex? Because they were bro and sis?

He didn't. Try again, dummy.