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Nope.. People in the ancient world married young and started families.. The great ages attribute to the patriarchs are an error in counting years versus counting sheaves of grain.. To live to be 90 was a great old age.
Can you read Hebrew?
If you have a point, just make it. PS..all the ancient texts weren't written in "Hebrew"...they were written in Ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek.
Insofar as Adam and Eve go, the inclusion of Lilith fills in some gaps. In folklore, and other faiths, after Adam, it's said G-d made Lilith in the same fashion as Adam (as opposed to from Adam himself.) But being his equal, she refused to submit to him for sex so she rebelled. The stories go on to say she set up home somewhere where she pursued sexual liasons with other people. So this suggests there were other people though Genesis itself doesn't mention them. Better detailed account available here if so inclined:
Lilith
Without learning about extant religions paralelling Judaism (when Genesis were being written) Judaism on its own wont make much sense. Once you realize the world was populated by then and not limited to people around the Mediterranean area, things make a lot more sense.
The fact that there was a talking serpent indicates that there were already other people in the world, low-lifes maybe, but people. Even the fact that Cain was worried that someone might kill him after being cursed by God indicates that there were already other people.
This shows that the formation of Adam from the dust of the earth into a living being is about Adam being taught by God how to become more than an unthinking lower beast like those who already populated the earth and had the form and shape of a man but an intelligence just slightly above that of a monkey..
Cain and Abel were old by our standards when the murder occurred.
It is quite possible that Cain married one of his siblings or Abel's daughter or grand daughter.
The intelligence of the serpent does not infer that any other non-humans were able to speak.
Nope.. People in the ancient world married young and started families.. The great ages attribute to the patriarchs are an error in counting years versus counting sheaves of grain.. To live to be 90 was a great old age.
Sorry, I thought that comment was directed at me, Indeependent.
Nope.. People in the ancient world married young and started families.. The great ages attribute to the patriarchs are an error in counting years versus counting sheaves of grain.. To live to be 90 was a great old age.
Can you read Hebrew?
If you have a point, just make it. PS..all the ancient texts weren't written in "Hebrew"...they were written in Ancient Hebrew, Aramaic, and Ancient Greek.
love when you rationalizeTop 6 Incestuous Relationships In The Bible - ListverseShow me the incest.
Cain's children had sex with Abel's children and vice versa.
Ever hear of uncle's and aunts?
And you'll have to be VERY precise with your verses cause I can read the original; and I don't mean the Greek, which, by the way, ISN'T the original language of Genesis.
The first claim is already wrong.
As I said, if you can't read the verses in their original language, you are not qualified to make a claim.
Abel married Cain's sister, not his own sister.
Now try doing this without mindlessly copying and pasting other people's errors.
love when you rationalize
The first claim is already wrong.
As I said, if you can't read the verses in their original language, you are not qualified to make a claim.
Abel married Cain's sister, not his own sister.
Now try doing this without mindlessly copying and pasting other people's errors.
Cain was the first born son of Adam and Eve, and Abel was the second. In Genesis 4 we read how Cain kills his brother and is sent east of Eden where he marries a woman and lays with her. Because Adam and Eve were the first humans from whom all people come Cains wife was his sister and, consequently, all of the early Biblical relationships were incestuous (with the exception of Adam and Eve)
yep talking out your ass...Abel and Cain are brothers. how can one marry the others sister without marrying his own sister? not following there.
Actually, I did err.
Adam had sex with himself as Eve was formed from his rib.
God's first criticism of sexual misconduct occurs before the flood.
The criticism is the taking of other people's wives along with an allusion to beastiality.
Incest becomes forbidden to Noah and his descendants.
King David is the eventual result of an incestuous encounter between Lot and his daughter.
There is more to this than meets the eye and I have to do research.
another drama queen on these threads!love when you rationalizeThe first claim is already wrong.
As I said, if you can't read the verses in their original language, you are not qualified to make a claim.
Abel married Cain's sister, not his own sister.
Now try doing this without mindlessly copying and pasting other people's errors.
Cain was the first born son of Adam and Eve, and Abel was the second. In Genesis 4 we read how Cain kills his brother and is sent east of Eden where he marries a woman and lays with her. Because Adam and Eve were the first humans from whom all people come Cains wife was his sister and, consequently, all of the early Biblical relationships were incestuous (with the exception of Adam and Eve)
16 hours furiously spent trying to prove I'm incorrect and that's the best you can do?
asked and answered.. you fucked up now live with it...yep talking out your ass...Actually, I did err.
Adam had sex with himself as Eve was formed from his rib.
God's first criticism of sexual misconduct occurs before the flood.
The criticism is the taking of other people's wives along with an allusion to beastiality.
Incest becomes forbidden to Noah and his descendants.
King David is the eventual result of an incestuous encounter between Lot and his daughter.
There is more to this than meets the eye and I have to do research.
And the verses that prove me wrong are where?
Remember one thing about Paul:Paul chose his words carefuly to speak out against Homosexuality from the New Testament
Paul chose two words in the New Testament that specify what the Old Testament meant from Leviticus 18.
Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination.
1 Corinthians 6:9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
1 Corinthians 6:10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
homosexuals, g733 ἀρσενοκοίτης arsenokoitēs
The word for Homosexuals or arsenokoitēs is made up of two words. It is from ἄρρην (G730) and κοίτη (G2845).
G730 arrēn means male. G2845 koitē means bed.
So the term nor homosexual offenders means nor male in bed and is a reference to Leviticus 18:22.
Leviticus 18:22 "'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable. (NIV)
Links:
BLB - Lev 18: Law of Moses - Leviticus 18 (Blue Letter Bible: KJV - King James Version)
BLB - 1Cr 6: Paul's Epistle - 1 Corinthians 6 (Blue Letter Bible: KJV - King James Version)
Greek Lexicon :: G733 (KJV)
Greek Lexicon :: G730 (KJV)
Greek Lexicon :: G2845 (KJV)
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Remember one thing about Paul:
he was just a guy, like you or me. Even saints are only human, and Paul was DEAD WRONG about some things. He was totally repressive of women and of sex. ("A man is better off having no relations with a woman." 1 Cor. 7:1. Hardly what most Christian churches preach today, though personally I can relate.) He accepted the validity of slavery. He was sure that the Messiah would return to end the world any day, which proved very awkward as the years kept rolling by and no Jesus. His brief writings against homosexuality seem to be condemnation of pagans who would not accept his religion (which is entirely unlike the religion Jesus preached).
But rather than dish Paul for his first-century foibles, we might better recall 1 Corinthians, Ch 13:
"Love is patient; love is kind. Love is not jealous, it does not put on airs, it is not snobbish. Love is never rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not prone to anger; neither does it brood over injuries. There is no limit to love's forbearance, to its trust, its hope, its power to endure. There are in the end three things that last: faith, hope, and love, and the greatest of these is love."
St. Paul by Albrecht Durer, who was also gay.... GayHeroes.comaul the Apostle
a member, limb: a member of the human body
of bodies given up to criminal intercourse, because they are as it were members belonging to the harlot's body