Originally Posted by
DRay563
Actually, I believe you can infer from the Bible that there weren't other created humans. First, we have no reason to believe that the Bible doesn't give a relatively comprehensive account of creation. It tells us that there were many animals created, but only Adam and Eve of the "human" species. Are they special because they sinned first and therefore are the only ones recorded? Seems unlikely. Especially since God ran all the animals in front of Adam and no helper was suitable and so made Eve for him.... meaning they were at least the first created. Even more so, it says "Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array," Genesis 2:1, after the 6th day, meaning that if God had created more than just Adam and Eve, it would have to have been on day 6. But we don't see any evidence of that in Scripture.
Second, from a scientific standpoint, there would be no reason to not allow for incest, as well as from a spiritual standpoint.
Romans 5:13, "...for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is no taken into account when there is no law."
No law against incest, it's ok to do. From a scientific standpoint, the reason we find incest a bad thing is because of mutations that usually end up accumulating in the child. Think about it this way: Dad has mutation A, Mom has mutation B. Their children now have mutation AB. So we can see that mutations can accumulate over time. However, if their children procreate, their children will have mutation AABB which is twice as bad as if they had married someone without a mutation or with a different type of mutation. In Adam's time, there wouldn't have been mutations, and even after several generations, there wouldn't have been very many, so incest wouldn't be a problem, scientifically or spiritually.
So where did Cain get his wife? His sister, most likely. Someone had to marry their sister. Also, this verse can be misconstrued to be something it's not:
Genesis 4:14, "[Cain talking] Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden frmo your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."
Many people ask, "who can kill Cain if not other created people?" Well, the answer is, most likely Adam's and Eve's sons and daughters would kill him, for killing their brother! We do not know that Cain and Abel are the first sons, although some assume they were, and we don't know what other children Adam and Eve had. What we do know, however, is that Adam and Eve lived almost a millenium, were told to be fruitful and multiply, didn't have discussion forums, TVs, XBOXs, whatever.... and so I figure making babies was a common thing for them! Given their lifespan and their command to be fruitful and multiply, I imagine lots of children, and their children having lots of children, and children children children just abounding.
Also, in addressing verses like Genesis 4:17-22, where it starts to give descriptions of men who married and the city that Cain was building, we are given no timeline or chronology of all of this happening, and so have no idea how long this stuff takes place. We know that no one will kill Cain because of the mark the Lord gave him (Genesis 4:15) and that he lay with his wife, had a son, and was building a city (Genesis 4:17). It's somewhat overstepping our bounds to say that all of this happened in a short period of time, because we are given no indication. As such, we cannot jump to conclusions. However, I do believe we can say that things probably happened in the most natural, simple, and easy to explain manner (Occam's Razor). That being, IMO, there was no other creation other than what was recorded, things happened over more time than people give it credit, and incest was the most likely reason for the development of the human race.
Beyond that, how would you explain Romans 5:12-20, when it says that "through one man, death came to all," along with the spiritual analogies of birth and being born again.... we are born into sin nature, because the Adamic sin nature is passed along, and the only way out of it is to be born of Christ.... so if someone were born of another created couple that didn't fall, they would have the chance of being sinless, as well as their parents. Doesn't make sense with the logic of the New Testament.
Daniel