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Navy Vet, with all due respect, you don’t know what you are talking about.Not only do I believe in Adam and Eve, the Lord Jesus Christ believed in them. There truly was a beginning to the human race, a first man and woman, created by God in His Image.Cain and Abel were not the only children of Adam and Eve, they were merely the subject of Genesis 4. Obviously they would have been expected to marry one of their sisters, Adam and Eve’s daughters. Christianity is the source of the modern university, the hospital and the scientific method, so don’t tell me about intellectual shutdown. Countless intellects much higher than you and me have embraced wholeheartedly the Biblical record, and they accomplished much more than the Nihilistic atheistic posers of our recent history. I will take as much time as you need to dialogue with you, because I sympathize with your desire to believe. My e-mail address is pastorbillrandles@gmail.com

"Cain and Abel were not the only children of Adam and Eve, they were merely the subject of Genesis 4. Obviously they would have been expected to marry one of their sisters, Adam and Eve’s daughters."

Just re-read Genesis. As I've long know, there is no mention in how Cain came to "marry one of their sisters, Adam and Eve's daughters" in Chapters 1 through 3, as you have claimed.

The first part of Chapter 4 is about Cain and Able. Then it suddenly states at [4:17] "Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch; ..." Nowhere in Chapter 4 nor the above Chapters does it even imply his sister was his wife. Where do you get this?

With due respect, the Old Testament writings are fables. I read recently of Christians quoting the New Testament in arguements. Few bother with the Old Testament any more.

Still, I respect your faith. However, you have to do better than quoting Genesis and guessing Cain married a sister. I want to believe, but no one has ever shown me any empirical proof of the Old Testament, not to mention logical reasoning.

I base my beliefs and behavior on inherent human virtues. That makes much more sense to me than a god that needs petty human worship and is vengeful. Personaly, I believe the creator behind the Universe just got lonely after seeing his "creation", as many are now thinking. Maybe he decided to find a point in space that worked within his model and give the micropes a lift up to work within his design?

Thank you for your goodness where ever it comes from.

"Cain and Abel were not the only children of Adam and Eve, they were merely the subject of Genesis 4. Obviously they would have been expected to marry one of their sisters, Adam and Eve’s daughters."

Just re-read Genesis. As I've long know, there is no mention in how Cain came to "marry one of their sisters, Adam and Eve's daughters" in Chapters 1 through 3, as you have claimed.

The first part of Chapter 4 is about Cain and Able. Then it suddenly states at [4:17] "Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch; ..." Nowhere in Chapter 4 nor the above Chapters does it even imply his sister was his wife. Where do you get this?

With due respect, the Old Testament writings are fables. I read recently of Christians quoting the New Testament in arguements. Few bother with the Old Testament any more.

Still, I respect your faith. However, you have to do better than quoting Genesis and guessing Cain married a sister. I want to believe, but no one has ever shown me any empirical proof of the Old Testament, not to mention logical reasoning.

I base my beliefs and behavior on inherent human virtues. That makes much more sense to me than a god that needs petty human worship and is vengeful. Personaly, I believe the creator behind the Universe just got lonely after seeing his "creation", as many are now thinking. Maybe he decided to find a point in space that worked within his model and give the micropes a lift up to work within his design?

Thank you for your goodness where ever it comes from.