question on the Ethics of Christianity (incest)

[thelord's_pearl]

Hi,
I read the Statement of Purpose and it doesn't seem like this is the wrong section to post this in; rather, it looks to me that it is the best section so I will ask my question. In the Bible, only Adam and Eve were created to have children and only their children, brother and sister would be able to have more children, so that's incest and that's not right, right? Thanks

 

[nonaeroterraqueous]

That early after creation the genetic situation was favorable to marrying close relatives, so it wasn't a problem. It didn't matter until later, when the deleterious recessives appeared.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

I don't see anything in Scripture that would preclude other people from having been divinely created at that time.

 

[Sabertooth]

In those days and later, when it was acceptable for half-siblings to marry (Abraham & Sarah), incest meant that just living under the same roof didn't make sex okay. Marriage (if eligible) was required first.

David's daughter, Tamar, was willing to marry her half-brother, Amnon. It was only sex outside of that context that she found to be unacceptable.

 

[Sabertooth]

I don't see anything in Scripture that would preclude other people from having been divinely created at that time.

That would mean that some family lines did not contain Original Sin.

 

[St_Worm2]

I don't see anything in Scripture that would preclude other people from having been divinely created at that time.

Hello Mikha'el, there is this to consider as well,

Genesis 3
20 The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of ~all~ the living.
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Biblically, our two progenitors were the only humans created by God. The rest of us, their progeny, are their begotten children.

--David

 

[SkyWriting]

Hi,
I read the Statement of Purpose and it doesn't seem like this is the wrong section to post this in; rather, it looks to me that it is the best section so I will ask my question. In the Bible, only Adam and Eve were created to have children and only their children, brother and sister would be able to have more children, so that's incest and that's not right, right? Thanks

Adam and Eve were the first to have God breathe the breath of life into them. They were the first human animals to have souls from God.

The Garden where Adam and Eve were re-made was east of a city, Eden.