Originally posted by vivify Was Adam created with genitals?
No.
He used dirt.
Although one could make a valid argument that some folks who frequent this forum act in a manner consistent with being made through the means of genitalia...
Originally posted by vivify Instead of having Adam's children copulate with their siblings, why didn't God just make new women from Cain and Abel's ribs?
Since you need about 100 individuals for a genetically viable population the Biblical story is at best incomplete. Which leads me to consider a paradox. They've committed the original sin and God has had them driven out of paradise, but despite this either produces new humans for Adam and Eve's children to breed with or protects them from the effects of inbreeding. Why?
Originally posted by DeepThought Since you need about 100 individuals for a genetically viable population the Biblical story is at best incomplete. Which leads me to consider a paradox. They've committed the original sin and God has had them driven out of paradise, but despite this either produces new humans for Adam and Eve's children to breed with or protects them from the effects of inbreeding. Why?
Radio's "Bible Answer Man" Hank Hanegraaf says it about like this: Adam and Eve had perfect DNA. After the Fall, DNA remained pretty darned good for generations, and near-perfect DNA allows inbreeding of siblings without producing crummy offspring. DNA got worse from generation to generation, such that at some point the Lord outlawed incest.