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the first is last and the last is first
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posted by
Xeno-x
on August 23, 2007 at 10:53 AM
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HERE'S THE REAL STORY OF THE CREATION OF MEN AND WOMEN
WHAT IF THEY GAVE A CREATION AND NOBODY KNEW . . .
don't you think it is quite plausible?
posted by
Xeno-x
on August 23, 2007 at 10:52 AM
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Interesting answers.
posted by
A-and-B
on August 23, 2007 at 6:01 AM
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Xeno-x - I think most people view such stories as allegorical but we have
met quite few that think they are literal.
Of course they are incapable of answering such questions as I pose here. In the past some have suggested that either God intervened (at first) to forestall the effects of procreation through incest, while others could not see a problem with it. The latter were folks that obviously have never been to one of the socially isolated communities scattered across North America such as the Mennonites or Duhkabors. Some of which clearly demonstrate what happens to succeeding generations without replenishment of the gene pool.
posted by
gomedome
on August 22, 2007 at 11:39 AM
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that's tongue in cheek of course
lots of splainin to do by those old fellers to splain away the inconsistencies, etc.
posted by
Xeno-x
on August 22, 2007 at 10:48 AM
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the children of the couple created in Genesis 1.
got two different couples
although some say that the man in 1 was Adam --and the woman, Lilith, who basically being jealous of Eve, had the serpent do his thing.
Lilith was cast out because she didn't want the man dominant in sex -- on top and all that.
she was created separate so the gods there decided to create a woman directly from Adam so she wouldn't be so separate and uppity.
but i say two different couples and a whole world out there outside the garden. explains the curse of Cain.
oh well.
posted by
Xeno-x
on August 22, 2007 at 10:47 AM
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Antonionioni - that might explain a lot about the human race
But I think it more explains the limitations of those who dreamt up these stories.
posted by
gomedome
on August 22, 2007 at 7:03 AM
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SoThose early incestuous liaisons were what we never quite recovered from,
not the apple-eating!
posted by
Antonionioni
on August 22, 2007 at 5:32 AM
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A-and-B - Yep, we are either all kissin cousins or there is a part of the
story missing.
posted by
gomedome
on August 21, 2007 at 8:23 PM
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What a tricky question. It suggests something.
posted by
A-and-B
on August 21, 2007 at 6:41 PM
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