# If Adam and Eve exsisted then... **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 5, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-adam-and-eve-exsisted-then/67744 "2001-06-05T23:59:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-adam-and-eve-exsisted-then/67744/21 "2001-06-08T21:59:36Z")
Maybe someone can answer the question in my sig file? ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-adam-and-eve-exsisted-then/67744/22 "2001-06-09T06:18:49Z")
:rolleyes: Probably, jab1, because God told Moses a parable about the creation that would be understood by a primitive wandering tribe. Perhaps God didn’t use a rib and some dirt, but used Adam’s genetic makeup, tweaked it to a female version, and then used that to create Eve. Of course, a nomadic people would have perfect understanding of genetic manipulation four thousand years ago, so why DIDN’T God just speak plainly? :rolleyes: –Tim ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-adam-and-eve-exsisted-then/67744/23 "2001-06-09T06:32:29Z")
…I’ll bet they didn’t have bellybuttons. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Lao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@Dr.Lao](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Lao)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-adam-and-eve-exsisted-then/67744/24 "2001-06-09T06:39:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > \*\*I read that the only reason that incest is bad for your offspring is because we have been avoiding it for so long. If there was no incest taboo, most of the negative recessive genes would have been bred out of the human race thousands of years ago. \*\* Yes, but then we would left with no natural protection against future recessive genes that will appear as the result of random mutation. Our bodies go to a great deal of trouble to have two complete copies of our genes to protect against these nasty mutations. The loss of heterozygosity that would result from incest will cause those two copies to look identical, thus defeating their purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-adam-and-eve-exsisted-then/67744/25 "2001-06-09T12:23:44Z")
Maybe someone could read the administration’s [policy on sig files](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1251975#post1251975), particularly item 3. ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-adam-and-eve-exsisted-then/67744/26 "2001-06-09T19:10:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Libertarian \* > \*\*Maybe someone could read the administration’s [policy on sig files](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1251975#post1251975), particularly item 3. \*\* > [@](#): > > **3. Be considerate of your friends. Only use it ONCE in each thread . . . once on each page if it’s a multipage thread and you just gotta.** I have used my sig file one time in this thread. What’s your point? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2001, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-adam-and-eve-exsisted-then/67744/27 "2001-06-09T23:22:32Z")
Chubbs, most all of the Europeans are offspring from the same king/queen. That would include most of us. Still one wonders if Adam said ‘Stand back! I don’t know how bit it’ll get,’ if they were gonna have sex. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-adam-and-eve-exsisted-then/67744/28 "2001-06-10T00:06:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zev\_steinhardt \* > Actually, if God created Adam’s clone from his rib, the resulting person would have been Steve, not Eve :eek: Not if God duplicated Adam’s X chromosome. And as for the OP, just who is “we all”? A prerequisite for incest is that one be sexually active. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-adam-and-eve-exsisted-then/67744/29 "2001-06-10T06:57:27Z")
It’s been proven. Sorry, but the whole story of Adam & Eve was kinda a parable of how powerful God is, it never really happened, it is just an adaptation of an Egyptian myth. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-adam-and-eve-exsisted-then/67744/30 "2001-06-11T18:55:52Z")
> [@](#): > > ] > > Actually, if God created Adam’s clone from his rib, the resulting person would have been Steve, not Eve :eek: > > Zev Steinhardt A common misconception. Actually, it would have been _Yves_, Adam’s French brother. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-adam-and-eve-exsisted-then/67744.md?page=1)