why did god name them Adam and Eve?
608146
As I recall the Hebrew meaning for Adam is "man", and Eve is Hebrew for "life."
1094131
Regligous wise, God created Adam and Eve so that they may procreate and generations should follow, what you can infer from this is that God wants us to multiply so that he (GOD) could have all of us (his children) live life for him...in his glory...God made me in his image, God made my boyfriend in his image, imagine what it would be like for my boyfriend and I have a child and what he/she would look like, and what they would be like when they get older with the teaching of God instilled in their life...Good luck on your paper.
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I don't think they were. I don't think there was a singular Adam and an Eve, as much of the writing of the times was symbolic, and written to convey an idea, not necessarily fact. That is not to say that it was not a divinely inspired story to show that early mankind willfully disobeyed God.\nTechnically speaking, if they were from the same geographic region as Jesus, they would have physical attributes representing the origins of all races. \nToo many European artist renderings muddy the waters.
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Wow, your question was confusing, I had to re-read it a few times. But, it's not a dumb question and I dont think it was a mean spirited question. Adam was the first man, fashioned from the dust and the breath of God in the image of God. Eve was the first woman made of Adams rib and the breath of God. They had children, namely 3 sons, Cain, Able, and Seth. So if you keep reading the bible from there, there are geneologies and you can see who begat whom on down the line. Long after Adam and many of his descendants had died, from the lineage of King David, a woman named Mary was bethrothed to a man named Joseph. Mary was indeed a virgin as she was not yet married. The Angel of the Lord came to her and told her that she was pregnant with our Savior, the Son of God.  What a daunting message, but God prepared for her just the right fiance, who loved her enough that at this seemingly crazy tale that he decided to preserve her life, her honor and put her away in secret. Well, the Angel of the Lord came to Joseph too, and told him that it is true, the baby is God's and your fiance's still a virgin (to paraphrase) If you read the Bible you'll get a more detailed version of this piece of History. The Baby Jesus grew to be a Man, all His life Jesus was close to God, His Father and prayed to him, because God is 3 persons, The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. So, although Jesus is very much God, He is the Son of the Father. So, that is why Jesus is completely perfect and had no sin, and was able to sacrifice himself for us. At that moment when Jesus asked the Father "Father forgive them, for they know not what they do" He was extending that same grace to us too, even now. Jesus did not escape crucifixion, he did not escape death. He conquered death, he conquered the old law of the old testament that said there must be a sacrifice, a blood atonement for all sins. We were all born into sin because of Adam and Eve chosing to follow thier flesh and give in to temptation. We were permanantly severed from God, and still are if we dont believe that Jesus is God made flesh, and is God's Son. We must believe that and believe that Jesus did die that day on the cross, that he laid in a tomb dead, but was resurrected on the 3rd Day and that he ascended into heaven very much alive and there he sits at the right hand of the father, leaving The Holy Spirit ever interceding for us. That is the truth and the only way to be allowed into God's presence upon our death here on Earth. There is no blaspemy in that. Jesus was brought to trial for that, because he in no uncertain terms claimed his rightful title as The Son of God. He was found faultless by Pilate, however, the crowd shouted "Crucify Him" and took a foul murderer to be released and the mob sentanced thier own King thier own Savior to die. But, it was what had to be done. Jesus said before his crucifixion, "No one takes my life, I willingly lay it down".
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You should have read Genesis first  to formulate a good question. The Bible doesn't begin with Adam and Eve, rather "In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth"...Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light (Gen 1:1-3).\n\nGen 1:24-25 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth all kinds of living creatures: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals of all kinds." And so it happened: \nGod made all kinds of wild animals, all kinds of cattle, and all kinds of creeping things of the earth.\n\nThe Bible is not to be treated like an Almanac, Encylopedia nor wikipedia. Because if you do, you'll end up looking also for lemurs, armadillo etc.
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The correct answer IS no one.  However, I understand where your confusion comes from.  In Genesis 1 we read an overview of the entire creation.  In verse 27 we see that God created man and woman, but are not given any names.  However, this doesn’t mean that they are not Adam and Eve.  The end of chapter 1 concludes the brief account, or summary if you will, of creation, and chapter 2 then elaborates on some important details.  These include how God created man and woman and their names.  Chapter 2 verse 7 describes the creation of Adam, but we know that it is an elaboration on the creation of man given in 1:27, because in 2:5 it specifically says that there was no man on the earth.  \n\nHope that clears it up a little.\n\n_______________  EDIT _______________\n\nTo James,\n\nI'm afraid you are mistaken about the meaning of the word "man" as it applies to Genesis 1 and 2.  I encourage you to look at the original Hebrew words as it makes it clearer that both chapters refer to the same "man".  It is understandable that some confusion is introduced when translating into English, so it is helpful to look at the original words to determine their meaning both individually and in the context of the surrounding scripture.  For example, the word for "man" is the exact same Hebrew word in both chapter 1 and 2, AND it is essentially the same word as the man's name! ADAM!  And it is a form that is used much more often as a singular form, while a different word (Alef + Yod + Shin) is used more often to indicate MEN - plural.  The word in Genesis 1 & 2 in Hebrew is Alef + Dalet + Mem.  \n\nCheck it our more for yourself -- you'll be surprised how consistent it is with the rest of the Bible's idea that Adam WAS the first man!
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chicken, read your Bible or borrow one.  God created ALL the animals and Adam named them.
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The Bible says Adam was the first man ... not the ONLY man.  We just hear so much about Adam because he was the first guy on the block.  It wouldn't make any sense to make billions of type of animals and only 2 humans.  (3 if you count Lilith ... Judaism says Adam had a wife before Eve, but they fought about who got to be on top during sex ... do God made Eve, a more docile wife for Adam)\n\nThere were other humans that God made, we just don't hear about them.  Cain married one of these other people.
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Adam was created by God on this earth. God took dust from the ground, formed him and breathed life into him so Adam was of the earth. Jesus was from heaven. He came down to earth and took the form of a man but because he is from above He exceeds and excells the one who is of the earth.
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God has created adam and eve to His image. you are a human as adam and eve, why should you tamper with the creation of the Great Creator?
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god created adam and eve not adam and steve or eve and laura
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There was no Adam and Eve. What most Christians don't want to believe is, they're more of a symbol of the first man and woman.thats it.\n And being cast-out of the garden of Eden was the awakening or loss of innocents. No there was no garden.
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Adam and Eve were the FIRST people... that did not mean that God could not have created more the same way. Its just a thought:)
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Adam and Eve were never married; mainly because there were actually seven different Adam's and Eve's.  In the beginning, when "god " was still experimenting with the "design" he wanted to use, they were trying many different genetic combinations, so there were many birth mothers and donors.  A man just "took" a wife to be his.  When tribal chiefs got tired of having other men taking their wives, they came up with a way to declare a women "belonged" to only one man.  No one else could have her until the man she was married to no longer wanted her.  A man, of course, could have as many wives as he could support.
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The story of Adam and Eve is a fairy tale.
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It never says in the bible that God exclusively created Adam and Eve, it's metaphorical.  It's actually commonly believed among christians and non-christians that there were more people around.  e.g. when Cain was banished for killing his brother Able, he went out into the world and said to God, 'but if anyone finds out I killed my brother surely they will kill me' and God replied 'I will mark you so that any man who lays a hand on you you will be avenged sevenfold.' (or words to that effect).  So there must have been other people.\n\nAlso, when out there I believe he found a wife and had children just like everyone else.  There were lots of other people around at that time.\n\nBesides, I'm still of the arguement that it doesn't matter how it happened, it only matters who made it happen.  There are certain things beyond our understanding and certain things we don't need to know.
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Because it is scientific fact. But, i still think god set off evolution. Adam, as we call him, was the first reliogus human.