My Dental Challenge

How would you describe Adam's condition?


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You are a dentist, and Adam comes in for a checkup, looking like he did the day he was created from the dust of the ground.

He lists his age as 20 years old, says he has never eaten yet, and you examine him.

Despite being 20 years old, you find no tooth decay whatsoever.

No stains, pits, plaque, chips, cavities, or gum disease.

How would you describe this?
 
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You are a dentist, and Adam comes in for a checkup, looking like he did the day he was created from the dust of the ground.

He lists his age as 20 years old, says he has never eaten yet, and you examine him.

Despite being 20 years old, you find no tooth decay whatsoever.

No stains, pits, plaque, chips, cavities, or gum disease.

How would you describe this?

What is a dentist doing at Adams creation ( and i am guessing even before Eve came to be)
 
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You are a dentist, and Adam comes in for a checkup, looking like he did the day he was created from the dust of the ground.

He lists his age as 20 years old, says he has never eaten yet, and you examine him.

Despite being 20 years old, you find no tooth decay whatsoever.

No stains, pits, plaque, chips, cavities, or gum disease.

How would you describe this?
Does he have insurance? Or paying by credit card?
 
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I'm guessing that while unusual a dentist might conclude that Adam has awesome dental hygiene and maybe some good genes going for him.


The more interesting scenario is Adam taking a physical exam.... and the doctor potentially discovering he has no navel...
 
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You are a dentist, and Adam comes in for a checkup, looking like he did the day he was created from the dust of the ground.

He lists his age as 20 years old, says he has never eaten yet, and you examine him.

Despite being 20 years old, you find no tooth decay whatsoever.

No stains, pits, plaque, chips, cavities, or gum disease.

How would you describe this?
Perfectly normal for a man who was not a sinner. The bible constantly links sickness and death with sin.
 
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You are a dentist, and Adam comes in for a checkup, looking like he did the day he was created from the dust of the ground.

He lists his age as 20 years old, says he has never eaten yet, and you examine him.

Despite being 20 years old, you find no tooth decay whatsoever.

No stains, pits, plaque, chips, cavities, or gum disease.

How would you describe this?
He lied .. he wasn't 20 years old .. and he had eaten.
 
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I'm guessing that while unusual a dentist might conclude that Adam has awesome dental hygiene and maybe some good genes going for him.


The more interesting scenario is Adam taking a physical exam.... and the doctor potentially discovering he has no navel...
Why would God make him sans navel?
 
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Why would God make him sans navel?

Um because we get out navel from being born and having the unbiblical cord cut. There is no reason why God would create Adam with a navel other than people believing this feature was an important and needed human aesthetic.
 
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Why would God make him sans navel?
Um because we get out navel from being born and having the unbiblical cord cut. There is no reason why God would create Adam with a navel other than people believing this feature was an important and needed human aesthetic.
Correct.

In addition, the belief that Adam was created with a navel is part of the Omphalos hypothesis, which is a belief we don't subscribe to.
 
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Um because we get out navel from being born and having the unbiblical cord cut. There is no reason why God would create Adam with a navel other than people believing this feature was an important and needed human aesthetic.
Yes of course I know why we have a navel.

So did God omit from Adam every other bodily vestige of the aging process from conception to age 20, or just that one?
 
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Yes of course I know why we have a navel.

So did God omit from Adam every other bodily vestige of the aging process from conception to age 20, or just that one?

Well I assume that Adam had no vaccination marks like I once had on my arm.

And likewise probably was not circumcised.... :)
 
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Well I assume that Adam had no vaccination marks like I once had on my arm.

And likewise probably was not circumcised.... :)
I dont get it. A navel is no less an indication of ordinary human birth origin than is a complete set of chromosomes, 23 from each parent. Did Adam lack those or just have one set somehow? Maybe Adam was the last (and first) monoploid human. Or Eve.
 
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You are a dentist, and Adam comes in for a checkup, looking like he did the day he was created from the dust of the ground.

He lists his age as 20 years old, says he has never eaten yet, and you examine him.

Despite being 20 years old, you find no tooth decay whatsoever.

No stains, pits, plaque, chips, cavities, or gum disease.

How would you describe this?
Of the options, I chose "Deception".

Adam lied as he isn't 20 years old.

He may have been created to be like what a 20 year old man would look like, but he is not 20.
 
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You are a dentist, and Adam comes in for a checkup, looking like he did the day he was created from the dust of the ground.

He lists his age as 20 years old, says he has never eaten yet, and you examine him.

Despite being 20 years old, you find no tooth decay whatsoever.

No stains, pits, plaque, chips, cavities, or gum disease.

How would you describe this?

If it was a female dentist, she should gas him and drag him back home.
He sounds like every prehistoric woman's dream.

adam-the-bible.jpg
 
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A more relevant scenario might be if Adam claimed that he had been created from dust just yesterday, but his teeth contained multiple signs of old cavities, fillings, surgeries, and other signs of a long dental history.
 
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A more relevant scenario might be if Adam claimed that he had been created from dust just yesterday, but his teeth contained multiple signs of old cavities, fillings, surgeries, and other signs of a long dental history.
QV Post 11 please.
 
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You are a dentist, and Adam comes in for a checkup, looking like he did the day he was created from the dust of the ground.

He lists his age as 20 years old, says he has never eaten yet, and you examine him.

Despite being 20 years old, you find no tooth decay whatsoever.

No stains, pits, plaque, chips, cavities, or gum disease.

How would you describe this?
Are they his milk teeth or his adult teeth?
 
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