In the beginning....

[Raven]

Neanderthal walked the earth before us. Totally unrelated species of man. But human being nonetheless. No genetic relation to Cro-Magnon, yet human just the same. Could this be the people who took in 'Cain'? Hard questions. These people existed with the mammoth. We came a little later. What happened to these people? God gave a strange command to those first created. He said to "Go forth and multiply and to REplenish the earth." Replenish means exactly that. It had to have had something there in the first place, and then not, to be able to replenish it. The word replenish occurs in every single version of the bible I have read. I know. I've checked.
Oxford dictionary definition- Replenish: fill up again after some has been used.

http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs...anderthal.html

[StelZ]

didnt the great flood wipe everyone out ? i assume then that they needed to replenish not just the humans but all the other living things..?

[Ted]

The only problem I see with the use of "replenish" is that it is being taken literally and is at the same time part of an ancient myth. There never were two original folks called Adam and Eve though I've met both Adams and Eves during my lifetime they were not that old.

Shalom
Ted

[Ted]

It is quite possible that the story of Noah and the flood is a legend that had its beginning in a local flood. The Tigris used to flood as does the Nile on an annual basis.

Shalom
Ted

[koan]

I think the Earth is replenishing itself every day and each day is a new beginning.
Unfortunately I don't think there is an end. (Nor do I really think there was a "beginning" per se)

[Raven]

Originally Posted by StelZ

didnt the great flood wipe everyone out ? i assume then that they needed to replenish not just the humans but all the other living things..?

The flood, in comparison to neanderthal, is relatively recent. According to genesis, there were giants in those days as well. (I love the bible stories!)
Not to mention unicorns and great behemoths!
But nowhere, does it directly mention 'other' humans. But yet we're digging them up all the time. My point, I guess, was that another race of human walked this planet before our kind did. Where do they fit in with our story? By believing in one creator, I'm assuming He created them too. I dont think Neanderthal went out with the flood, but were gone long before that event. My opinions are pure conjecture and 'what if's', but I'm going to try and find some scientific basis for this. Be back soon!

[Raven]

Originally Posted by Ted

The only problem I see with the use of "replenish" is that it is being taken literally and is at the same time part of an ancient myth. There never were two original folks called Adam and Eve though I've met both Adams and Eves during my lifetime they were not that old.

Shalom
Ted

How do you know that there was no 'Adam' or 'Eve'?
Science has already traced back mitochondrial dna to one woman.
I dont know about you, but I didnt come swinging down from a tree. I may like banannas, but I'm no monkey.

[StelZ]

Originally Posted by Raven

How do you know that there was no 'Adam' or 'Eve'?
Science has already traced back mitochondrial dna to one woman.
I dont know about you, but I didnt come swinging down from a tree. I may like banannas, but I'm no monkey.

lol @ Raven - your a bird aint ya?!

[Ted]

Raven

I am completely confident that the story of Adam and Eve is pure myth. In fact it was borrowed from other tribes of the day.

As to swinging down out of the trees, not me. I don't like heights. In fact fell from my roof once and broke my neck in to places. However, I'm willing to bet that I'm a monkey's uncle somewhere along the line. LOL

Shalom
Ted

[StelZ]

Originally Posted by kensloft

You Brits never get it straight, do yuh?
It's chick. Chick! What don't you understand about chick? A bird is a chick!

I think chick's a bit old fashioned now..