Islam,
The Christian story of Adam and Eve is a little more detailed than the one that you proposed. We will very briefly go over it; firstly Adam and Eve were created on the fourth day of the creation week about 6000 years ago in the Image of God.
According to Genesis 2:7 we read that God took some dust from the ground and formed a man out of it; He breathed the breath of life into his nostrils and the man began to live. God then placed the man that He had formed into the Garden of Eden that He had planted. In the middle of the Garden God put the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of what is good and what is bad. Man was commanded by God not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and bad, for if he did he would "surely die" (Genesis 2:17). Mankind and the animals were given plants and fruits of all kinds to eat (i.e. they were vegetarians). God then brought the animals and brids to the man "to see what he would name them" (Genesis 2:19).
By this time God realised that out of all the animals, none was a suitable companion to help the man. The LORD God made the man fall into a deep sleep, and while he was sleeping, He took out one of the man's ribs and closed up the flesh. He formed a woman out ofthe rib and brought her to him. Then the man said, "At last, here is one of my own kind - bone taken from my bone, and flesh from my flesh. "Woman" is her name because she was taken out of man." That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united with his wife, and they become one (Genesis 2:21-24). Notice here we are given
what marriage is and
why. Genesis 2:25 tells us that they were both naked, but neither were embarrassed.
You should know that at this time, the whole creation was still "very good" with no suffering and no death. It was a perfect place where man had a loving relationship with God and vice versa. Now this picture is almost exactly the opposite to today's world - something must have happened to change this. Guess what? Something did happen. Man rebellion (sinned) or disobeyed God's command not to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. You will commonly see the term "the Fall" being used around the forums, the Fall is a reference to the Fall of man through man's disobedience.
Let's continue the story:
Now the serpent was the most cunning animal that the LORD God had made. The serpent asked the woman, "Did God really tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?"
"We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden," the woman answered, "except the tree in the middle of it. God told us not to eat the fruit of that tree or even touch it; if we do, we will surely die." (Genesis 3:1-3).
The devil was in the form of the snake at this time. The devil, or Satan, was one of the highest ranking angels in heaven, but he grew hatred toward God and he and many angels started a rebellion in heaven. God kicked them out of heaven and away from His presence to hell and Earth.
The serpent then tricked Eve into eating the forbidden fruit by telling her that she would not "surely die" and that she will be like God and know what is good and what is bad. The woman thought how wonderful it would be to become wise and she ate it. She also gave some to her husband and he ate it.
As soon as they had eaten it, they were given understanding and realized that they were naked; so they sewed figleaves together and covered themselves. The LORD God then found out what they had done and pronounced His judgment (what Christians call "the Curse").
Death, suffering and decay all started to happen. We started to fall apart and die. Woman started to suffer pains in giving birth, the ground started to produce weeds and thorns and the ground came under a curse. Paul, a great early Christian, tells us that the whole creation is subject to a bondage to decay (2nd law of thermodynamics) and that the whole creation is groaning out in pain because of sin. The Bible also tells us that death is the penalty for disobeying God - enter the selfless sacrfice of our LORD and Saviour Jesus Christ who was a perfecet sinless man whom was crucified on a cross - to pay the debt for our sins such that we can come to God with our penalty paid for - but rose three days later to offer etneral life for those who trust in Him.
After God prounces His judgment, He sends Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden to prevent them from getting to the tree of life and living forever.
If you want to read the Genesis creation story, then may I suggest the online Bible version in the New International Version available at: <
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%201-4;&version=31;>.
Now, let's analyze the differences between the Islamic religion and what the Bible has to say about Adam and Eve:
Satan whispers to Adam and Eve (peace be upon them) and tells them that if they eat from the tree they will become like angels (i.e. they will always be able to obey and worship God) and will live forever.
According to the Bible the serpent (Satan) tells Eve that they will be like God and know what is good and what is bad. Initially according to the Christian belief, God created all animals and mankind to live forever - He was sustaining His creation.
God decides to place Adam and Eve (peace be upon them), on earth separately.
So God didn't create Adam and Eve on Earth initially? The Bible says other wise.
Can I ask you a few questions about your religion please?
Why is there suffering and death in the world today? The Bible says that death is the penalty for man's sin.
Also, when were Adam and Eve created?
Why do you say "Peace be upon them"?
And finally, where were they created? If in heaven, when was the universe made? Were the animals also sent to Earth?
Thanks for the answers in advance.
Lastly, in Hebrew Adam means "mankind" and Eve means "mother of all human beings".
With regards to Adam from Islamic religion, that's a huge *****! I've been wondering, let's assume that both Adam and Eve were created at this height (if Eve was normal height it would be impossible for them to have children), how could they get the average range of humans including the so-called Hobbits on the Indonesian islands - not to mention the world's shortest man who comes in a less than a mere metre?
Consider using genetics: the original Islamic Adam and Eve would have to have some gene that is no longer present in the entire human population. Today we have two genes in a simplistic example that determine height: a short gene h and a tall gene H. All children get one gene from their mother and one gene from their father. If, for example, both parents are short and have the hh combinations, then there is absolutely no chance that the child will be tall or even medium sized (hH) because neither parent's have that H gene.
Applying genetics to the discussion about gigantic Adam and Eve:
Assume that they had the really tall genes MM (Massive height) then all of their descendants can only have these MM genes because there is no "short" gene (h) or tall gene (H) in the combination of either parent. Therefore, it is impossible for these ginormous people to produce the wide range of heights that we see in today's population. I realise that this is simplistic, of course, but even people who have HH genes are no taller than three metres...
