I don’t buy it. I can’t believe in 4000 generations humans became as diverse a species as we have become. What happened to the children of these two? At what point did the human species gene pool all of a sudden become succeptible to the damages of inbreeding?
Hi raybbr...
***At what point did the human species gene pool all of a sudden become succeptible to the damages of inbreeding?***
According to scripture, Adam and Eve were created perfectly. One of the things that happened when they sinned is that the perfect creation became subject to decay.... mutations would be a part of that.
God says in Leviticus 18:6 - “No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations”.
By the biblical timeline, that would have been about 2,500 years after Adam and Eve had been created. Prior to that it would have been common for close relatives to marry.
At that point, close relatives would have both had the same mutations and neither of them would have had a “good” gene to pass on to their children.
Also, according to biblical genealogies, there have been nowhere near 4,000 generations. Complete genealogies from Adam to Christ (I’m talking illustrations) can be found on line. Obviously you can read the genealogies in scripture... Luke 3 and Matthew 1.