Steve wrote in message .. .
Victor wrote:

If you were more familiar with the history of the Bible, you would have
known that parchments were discovered in Israel, which were dated to
2000 years or older, using the *SCIENTIFIC* process of carbon dating.

Quite a lot older. And some of the Dead Sea scrolls have some VERY odd
parallels with the New testament, which is a neat trick.

The contents of these texts agree very accurately to their corresponding
sections in the modern-day Bible translations. The essence of the Bible
has not changed, despite numerous translations and duplication over
centuries. The errors you mention does not invalidate the central
message at all.

Can you explain this one then ? In my copy of King James Genesis 4

16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the
land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived......

Now since Cain is one of the two sons of the first man, where the heck
did Cain's wife come from ? ????


Steve

I heard a couple of explanations for this. One was that Adam and Eve
had more children, and Cain was actually banging his sister, but that
was alright back then because Adam's and Eve's DNA was perfect and
there were no undesirable traits to worry about passing on to the next
generation.

Another take was that there are two separate "creations" of man in
Genesis. The first one does not involve Adam, and some have suggested
that "these" men are products of evolution, while Adam (and Eve) were
a separate, *special* creation, and it is those who carry Adam's
bloodline who were the first Hebrews. Cain supposedly mated with one
of the women from the earlier creation of man already populating
Earth.

I supposed the simplest explanation is the one that covers them
all..."God just created another miracle to solve that problem."