why is it that is a sin to sleep with a relative(brother,sister,ext..) when back then when god first created adam and eve, in order for them to evolve and procreate.  their (adam & eve)kids and their kid's kids had to sleep with eachother. brother and sister/cousins/aunts/uncles/and soforth
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as continuation of the answer of the previous puzzling question.\nI want to add that Adam was the first person to get civilize among the humans(descendants from apes). So, he is called the first man, Eve was also among the same tribe of humans who got civilized with Adam, and preached the intelligence to their descendants and their own tribe people. So therefore, sons of Adam and Eve were surely married to the other daughters of the same human tribe who were being civilized under the influence of Adam
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God created Eve because he saw that "it is not good for man to be alone". \n\nOf course, everyone knows that it was forbidden to eat the fruit on that darn tree, just think if their roles would have been reverse in that garden then adam would BE THE ONE GETTING PREGGERS!\n\n(creating eve first then adam)
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Sounds like you've been watching "Inherit the Wind" one too many times.\n\nThe answer of course is that the Bible is not the complete account of all of Adam and Eve's family.  We know that Adam was the first flesh on the earth, and undoubtedly he had several children, two of which married.  There is nothing too scandelous about this considering that there were not too many choices originally.\n\nThose fanatic born again Bible bashers who claim the Bible is totally complete and contains ALL of God's words forget one thing----The Bible itself never makes this claim.  Whey then should they--unless their belief system is non-Biblical (which it is.)
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It use to be thought that is something was wrong with a person, such as they were born blind that is was because of sin. The sins of the fathers are brought down upon the sons to the 4th generation. It was thought of as a punishment from God. Jesus did not agree with this idea.
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A friend of mine is a Jehovah Witness, and according to him, it's a sin to honor anything that has to do with mortal man. If it's a birthday, it's a sin to honor it. because it has to do with some one. Same as Christmas. But it doesn't seem to be a sin when they knock on your door and can't take no for a answer
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I would ask you to pull out the Bible that it appears you're already a little familiar with. Notice. It does NOT say that Adam and Eve were the ONLY people God created, just the first. Two points:\n\nA) Cain took a wife after he killed Abel... Hmm... The only woman on Earth at the time that the Bible tells about is Eve... Where did he get his wife? (God made other individuals elsewhere).\n\nB) When God banished Cain from the garden, he said that people would surely find him and kill him, wherever he went... If his mom and dad and brothers and sisters were the only people God had created, what was he afraid of???\n\nTo your second notion, the Ages... The Bible REPEATEDLY says that God's time is not like our time and that a second to God could be a million years here on Earth. Isaiah is the best example. "My ways are not like the ways of man." Meaning, simply, that God doesn't operate the same way we do.\n\nIn summation, it is quite simple for Christians to believe in both Creation and Evolution... You just have to be willing to do your homework...
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Ok, Brainiacs.  So Nohas sons has wives.  Who did those children procreate with?  The only options are: Grandparents, Parents, Siblings, and/or cousins.  Incest, incest, incest.  Gross.  You are morons.
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Sex is moral as long as it is between a husband and wife. Doesn't anyone take God's word for anything? God made a man and a woman to be together  as husband and wife. To share with no one else. To reproduce. That is his plan. But way too many don't keep their vows and way too many kids and adults are experimenting with different partners of same sex and opposite sex, and then everyone wants to know why God has let them catch a venereal disease or aids or countless other things that come from sleeping around. His law was simple. Thou shalt not commit adultery. And this applies to people who aren't even married.
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GOD WANTS MEN AND WOMEN TO BE TOGETHER... TO ME I THINK ITS SICK TO HAVE MEN BE WITH MEN AND WOMEN TO BE WITH WOMEN... ITS NOT WHAT GOD WANTS ... GOD WANTS US TO HAVE CHILDREN OF OUR OWN NOT TO ADOPT BECAUSE OF BEING GAY OR LESBIAN... I AM A CHRISTIAN BUT EVERYONE I KNOW BELIEVES THAT ITS A SIN TO BE WITH THE SAME SEX....
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There is no sin in sleeping in the same bed without having sex.  I think the danger comes because you've put yourself in the direct line of temptation.  You have placed yourself in a situation that if the urge and emotions came you really don't have a place to flee in the heat of passion.
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One might think that after the murder of Abel, only his guilty brother Cain and their parents, Adam and Eve, were left on the earth. However, Adam and Eve had a large family. According to Genesis 5:3, 4, Adam had a son named Seth. The account adds: “The days of Adam after his fathering Seth came to be eight hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.” So Cain married his sister or perhaps one of his nieces. Since mankind was then so close to human perfection, such a marriage evidently did not pose the health risks that may imperil the offspring of such a union today.\n\nAdam was cast out of Eden into an unsubdued earth that was cursed to produce thorns and thistles, there to sweat out an existence, harvesting the bitter fruits of his sin. Outside the garden, awaiting death, Adam fathered sons and daughters, the names of only three being preserved—Cain, Abel, and Seth. To all of his children Adam passed on hereditary sin and death, since he himself was sinful.—Ge 3:23; 4:1, 2, 25.\n\nConsider, for example, the often-raised problem about Cain’s wife. At Genesis 4:1, 2 we read: “In time [Eve] gave birth to Cain and said: ‘I have produced a man with the aid of Jehovah.’ Later she again gave birth, to his brother Abel.” As is well known, Cain killed Abel; but after that, we read that Cain had a wife and children. (Genesis 4:17) If Adam and Eve had only two sons, where did Cain find his wife?\n\nThe solution lies in the fact that Adam and Eve had more than two children. According to the context, they had a large family. At Genesis 5:3 we read that Adam became father to another son named Seth and then, in the following verse, we read: “He became father to sons and daughters.” (Genesis 5:4) So Cain could have married one of his sisters or even one of his nieces. At that early stage of human history, when mankind was so close to perfection, such a marriage evidently did not pose the risks for the children of the union that it would today.\n\n\nSeth may not have been the third child of Adam and Eve. According to Genesis 5:4, Adam had “sons and daughters,” some of whom may have been born before Seth. Seth is worthy of note because Noah, and through him the present-day race of mankind, descended from him, not from the murderous Cain. At the age of 105 years Seth became father to Enosh. Seth died at the age of 912 years.
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i'm pretty sure you know the Christian view... this is something i've been thinking about a good bit lately - Genesis talks about 'when a man leaves his parents and basically takes a wife... they live together and become one.. sorry - paraphrasing i dont like... i'll add more as i research\nI'm curious more because of the jewish prophecy concerning the messiah; of a virgin, yet of the line of David. \n& my head hurts.
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Good Question....As you know God sent down his son who was w/out sin to be crucified for the sins of all. See, when God created man and woman (adam & eve) they were pure. God walked among us. But, when instructed them not to take a bite of the forbidden fruit and they did, God rejected them. For years God could not have any relationship w/mankind. And since according to the Bible, we are all sinners because we cary the genes of Adam and Eve. That is why baptism was created to wash away our sins. God wanted to be connected again w/his children but the only way was to send down his son who was w/out sin to be crucified for our sins. Once he was crucified, the people before Christ were forgiven as well.
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Biologically it's wrong, since if your father were to have sex with your sister and they were to produce a child, that child could have all the heritable traits from that family times two, and in that case it weakens the species, as you can see in royal, insestuous families who eventually died out because of heritable traits that became heightened because of the lack of genetic diversity. Imagine those people procreating with others outside of their family after such an incestuous line, it could weaken an entire gene pool! \n\nPeople are born with a general sexual aversion to their parents (although Freud would argue with me) and as we grow older and spend all our shildhood days knowing and respecting our parents, siblings, and grandparents (etc.) we absolutely block inscetuous thoughts from our minds. It's become a taboo within many cultures, but I think from the legal standpoint, it is illegal perhaps mostly because of the biological reason I mentioned above.
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Every time Eve got pregnant, she bore Adam twins: always a male and a female. This is how the earth started to get populated. Back then, seeing how few humans were, the main rule of reproduction was that no brother or sister was allowed to marry the twin they were born with. That was the system ordained by God for Adam and his children to follow. Adam acted as their ruler, prophet, and father. Among his children were Cain and Able. Cain – believed to be Adam’s first son – was born with a beautiful twin sister; but Able, on the other hand, was born with a less attractive one. Though Cain desired his sister of birth, he was prohibited from marrying her. So she was given to Able. This caused Cain to hate his brother. Then Adam got inspired by God on how to resolve the matter: whoever’s sacrifice gets eaten up by fire will gain the right to marry Cain’s twin sister. Cain, who was a farmer, sacrificed a bunch of dry plants. He did not put his heart into it. Able, however, who was a shepherd, sacrificed one of the best cows he had. So the fire consumed his sacrifice, making Cain even more jealous of him. That's why Cain killed Able.\n\nAs for sacrifice in Islam in general: During the time of the pilgrimage, some people sacrifice animals for the sake of God and distribute them to the poor. This has been criticized by ignorant non-Muslims who compare this to sacrifices made by disbelievers. The Qur’an elaborates on this by saying: “It is neither their meat nor their blood that reaches God but your piety. He has subjected them to you in this way so that you may glorify God for having guided you.”
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Interesting but contrary to Scripture. I understand the problem you're considering and offer this as a possible solution...\n\nAdam and Eve were perfect and it took several generations before the degenerating gene pool became severe enough to forbid incest.
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Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I don't follow. How are you two brother and sister if you got married? No where in the law nor the bible nor any moral code I have ever heard of does it state that after a divorce is your ex considered you sibling. Is this some kind of redneck thing? If so you have much bigger problems then the sin of divorce.