Wodfamchocsod wrote:The book of Genesis certainly doesn't sound poetic to me, and such accounts like creation, Moses,the Israelites, etc... Are very historical. In fact, by the time Jewish boys were 12, they had to memorize the first 5 books, their Jewish history.
In what ways are we evolving? How do you know?
So, if we have a common ancestor, Adam and Eve weren't humans then?
Have you read poetic accounts from the same time period that Genesis was written? Read the Epic of Gilgamesh. Jewish boys having to memorize the first five books in no way proves they are historical book.
We are still evolving because we are still adapting to our climate and passing on genetic traits. So people who are best suited for procreation and living reproduce the most and pass on their unique genetic traits.
Of course Adam and Eve were humans.
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@Blitz There's also the stories of Atra Hasis, Enuma Elis, the Legend of Keret, and the Kumarbi Cycle. All examples of earlier poetic epics that explore creation and the flood. So if it's a bit after the flood that means it's older than the Genesis account since Moses wrote that.
@Mr Yorp Seriously I have no idea what you're talking about, expand on your points. We don't get what you're trying to say.
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If we are evolving, when will men be able to marry their sisters?
Because this is really the main goal of evolution.
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It's such a ridiculous question to ask that it needed an equally sarcastic response.
Seriously?! Why would it even matter, what would possess you to ask such a question?
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I actually know what he is talking about. The closer you are in your genetic makeup the more likely you are to are to have defects in your children. So therefore if our genetic get better eventually we should be allowed to marry our sisters outside the weird as the earlier humans did.
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Even if Evolution were not true, we would still have survival of the fittest. And Evolution is not even about the survival of species. If Evolution were true, species replace species in the long run. If you run on Evolution's principle all species will eventually die while other species flourish.
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Blitz wrote:Even if Evolution were not true, we would still have survival of the fittest. And Evolution is not even about the survival of species. If Evolution were true, species replace species in the long run. If you run on Evolution's principle all species will eventually die while other species flourish.
Species are going extinct and being replaced, that is still happening. Human evolution has changed because of modern medicine which has significantly altered how we reproduce and allows people who would not have survived in the past to survive. I mean the infant mortality rate has dropped drastically.
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