How did Cain and Able multiply?

If Adam and Eve had two sons, Cain and Able, how did they multiply?

By the lies told.....and then sold.

vainandy said:

OMG did a religious person actually question the Bible?... This is the dawning of a new spiritual revolution.

Good start, now all U gotta do is keep asking.

Like... If God is an all powerful being that can create universes at will then why is it he can only communicate through a 2000 year old book? Hmmmm?

See how the tissues of lies start 2 disintegrate?

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I asked this myself and do remember that an answer has been formulated somewhere that does not involve incest and some chicks miraculously appearing from somewhere else because we don't understand how time passes in the bible and just because Adam and Eve were first, doesn't mean the God did not start planting other humans around the globe after creating them.

I'm paraphrasing, so I will be interested to read it when it comes back out.

I've always been interested in the logistics of Noah's Ark as well. Lets give him that all the animals around the world, insects, birds, all of them were present wherever Noah was, how did he redistribute them all over the globe? How many people did he have collecting the millions of species and did he just use them as labor and then leave them to die in the flood? What kind of severance package is that?

Just an observation in case someone wants to tackle that in another thread. I don't want to take this one off track.

Abel didn't multiply since he was murdered, Cain went off and found his wife in the land of Nod, She was probably his sister, Adam and Eve had many more children after Cain and Abel and they all interbred. so according to Judeo Christian theology, all of humanity is the result of inbreeding.

comegetwild said:

OMG did a religious person actually question the Bible?... This is the dawning of a new spiritual revolution.

Good start, now all U gotta do is keep asking.

Like... If God is an all powerful being that can create universes at will then why is it he can only communicate through a 2000 year old book? Hmmmm?

See how the tissues of lies start 2 disintegrate?

God DAMN there are a lot of dumb motherfuckers walking around! - George Carlin
Stalkerwomen of the world unite in delusion!!!!!

Adam and Eve had another son Seth and other children. All multiplied. Abel was slain by Cain.

A book by theologist John Stott, called "understanding the bible" has excellent answers to these questions.He explains all the metaphorical stories of the bible very.. Definitely worth a read.

sweething said:

I much prefer the fact I come from a diverse range of species and genepools than being the result of inbreeding within a few thousand years. ewww

That said the human species did get a little low in numbers approx 70,000 years ago. We're all related to about 2000 scattered Africans supposedly.

MrSoulpower said:

lazycrockett said:

tmo1965 said:

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So to the question at hand; the 2 possibilities are that Cain's wife was his sister or God created other people besides Adam and Eve.

But this is very significant. There is no mention of God creating other people. Had he done so, this would change everything.


The laws against incest were not given until the days of Moses, thousands of years after Adam and Eve.

Oh, I'm aware of that. The Bible is full of incest, rape and sex orgies. Hard to believe they are selling it over the counter.

vainandy said:

Another reason why people wanted 2 kill Cain when he was sent away by God.
The people (His own siblings and relatives) in other lands knew him and what he did 2 Able....
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Oh I see now....so incest is fine but homosexuality isn't.

byronic said:

vainandy said:

Graycap23 said:

1212121 said:

comegetwild said:

OMG did a religious person actually question the Bible?... This is the dawning of a new spiritual revolution.

Good start, now all U gotta do is keep asking.

Like... If God is an all powerful being that can create universes at will then why is it he can only communicate through a 2000 year old book? Hmmmm?

See how the tissues of lies start 2 disintegrate?

Vendetta1 said:

comegetwild said:

OMG did a religious person actually question the Bible?... This is the dawning of a new spiritual revolution.

Good start, now all U gotta do is keep asking.

Like... If God is an all powerful being that can create universes at will then why is it he can only communicate through a 2000 year old book? Hmmmm?

See how the tissues of lies start 2 disintegrate?

Questioning the Bible is not a sign of weakening belief.

bluesbaby said:

vainandy said:

Maybe there were other people

Long read but worthwhile, the pertinent part is in paragraphs 11 to 14.

http://www.sanfords.net/P...eople.html
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It is possible that just as how He created Adam and Eve, He could've created more ppl but the Bible just doesn't make an account of it.
It is also possible that there was inbreeding.
Many possibilities to think of...and because He's all powerful...our human minds can't comprehend many things, eg., the miracles etc etc.

I'd also like to add that the Bible is a faith-based believing Bible...again, our human minds won't be able to comprehend everything.
(Just like there are many things that happen and can't be explained through logic, science or physics, u just have accept it as is...through faith.)
If someone doesn't believe this, then they just don't...they can try but without faith, not everyone would...and that's just the way it is.

Freedom of choice...we'll just see what happens at the end.

savoirfaire said:

comegetwild said:

OMG did a religious person actually question the Bible?... This is the dawning of a new spiritual revolution.

Good start, now all U gotta do is keep asking.

Like... If God is an all powerful being that can create universes at will then why is it he can only communicate through a 2000 year old book? Hmmmm?

See how the tissues of lies start 2 disintegrate?

Never mind asking why, in his greatness, he had to destroy all of mankind and start over again to fix his mistakes (see Noah's Ark), and then had to revise things yet again (see the New Testament) after that.

realm said:

Do U really think that 2000 years ago God said... "Here's a big book, this big book will explain everything in vague and subjective detail, if U have any questions... Just make up U're own answers."?

Philosophy is questions that may never be answered...
Religion is answers that may never be questioned.

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