Well Lynn incest is against the law (both secular and religious), against progress of civilization, and would surely not be accepted by any right minded person of any religion.
And if Christianity claims morality as its domain and the Bible as the only guide, any contradictions should be explored before anyone considers your religion.
And finally, it seems almost clumsy to make two people without thought of the future of the species other than incest. Why not make many people at once rather than cause so much obvious confusion and discussion?
Thank you for your reply
Hi Charlie. Some thoughts to ponder:
I see that you are married. Have you ever considered that - no matter which view of the world you approach it by - that your wife is your cousin? Albeit, she is probably a distant cousin. That's a interesting thought now isn't it?
If a person has a problem with when genetically perfect or near perfect brothers and sisters were marrying in the beginning. Then how should they react when thinking about how closely related Adam was to his wife Eve. Afterall, she was literally made from his own flesh... compared to how close Adam and Eve were genetically, a brother and sister were more distantly related than Adam was to Eve.
Just a thought.
About God making many different humans at the start instead of Adam and Eve. I don't like that idea. Trying to be practical - even though it actually might not be - in this case would leave relationships a bit colder, in my opinion. It would leave room for division. If you ask me, I would not want it another way than God told us He did it in the bible. I think this genetic connection we have with each other only adds to the value a person could have with not only a friend but much more with that person's wife or husband. You are in the same boat - so to speak - and it means you will only be that much closer to each other. I actually think this makes the romantic love we can have for a spouse that much stronger. And this gives interesting insight to Jesus teaching: do to others as you would have them to do to you.
By the way, on genetics and incest. Today, more details on the reason it is bad is because there is a higher probability that you and your sister (from the same immediate genetic line) would share the same genetic mutations. As such, it is more likely that there will not be a healthy dominant/non-mutated 'gene' between you two to counter act that mutation... and thus a higher chance that your child will express that defect. Take away this one problem, and there is no issues with how closely related you are to a person you might marry.
In the end, we have the opportunity to witness another case here - based on genetic discoveries - where we witness that trusting God (again) surpassed our own thinking.
There is a lot more to say about this stuff... but those are just a few nuggets. There is a lot of genetic facts that could be discussed to support the historical account given by bible. Like how the decay curve of ages of the patriarchs after the flood depicts what we now know is a biological decay curve. Or how we can see that humans skulls never stop growing - explaining possibly the morphology of neanderthals. Or the studies of genetic decay and one non-creationist scientific paper that argues man's peak intelligence was about 6000 years ago (contrary to any onward upward evolution stories). Neanderthals (which were humans) had brain capacities 10% greater than modern humans. They had better teeth than modern humans...etc.. all points to genetic decay. As the scripture says, all creation groans.. and waxes old like a garment... etc...
And what will you do with this information? Perhaps, realize that we are dying... all of humanity is dying. The process of death by old age that we see in a individual human is exactly what is happening to humanity as a whole... our reproduction is only slowing down the inevitable demise of humanity. It all sounds like a kill-joy, huh? It is... But, have you ever heard the Gospel about Jesus?
May God bless you Charlie.
- JGuy
