Are We All Related

**devonin** · 08-8-2007, 03:14 PM

Even if the bible was a literal and historically accurate account of Adam and Eve, why is it so shocking to consider that god created other humans elsewhere? If the bible was written by people who had oral histories passed down, they knew the stories they were told, and the stories they were told were from people who didn't know those other humans existed.

If you read any book that tells the story of some major lineage (Say...the Julio-Claudian emperors, or the Tudors or what have you) those stories quite clearly leave out whole swaths of people. It is somewhat akin to criticizing "the decline and fall of the roman empire" for leaving out the aboriginal North Americans.

08-8-2007, 03:14 PM	#12
devonin Very Grave Indeed Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 42 Posts: 10,120	Re: Are We All Related Even if the bible was a literal and historically accurate account of Adam and Eve, why is it so shocking to consider that god created other humans elsewhere? If the bible was written by people who had oral histories passed down, they knew the stories they were told, and the stories they were told were from people who didn't know those other humans existed. If you read any book that tells the story of some major lineage (Say...the Julio-Claudian emperors, or the Tudors or what have you) those stories quite clearly leave out whole swaths of people. It is somewhat akin to criticizing "the decline and fall of the roman empire" for leaving out the aboriginal North Americans.

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