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7. Because they are human, and this trait would be passed on to their progeny who would need it in the womb.

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 12:55 PM

Mar 27

I've heard they had 137 children, all of whom were 9ft tall and lifespans measured in hundreds of years.

They had pristine DNA. They interbred.

Over the many generations, mutations made the DNA less perfect. That's why we're 5ft tall and live 80 years.

(I can't remember whether Methuselah, famous for having lived longest at more than 900 yrs, was a child or grandchild of Adam and Eve.)

I learned all of this during a single drive from New York to North Carolina. For huge stretches of the journey, Christian radio was the only thing on the air waves.

I gained 137 reasons to remain an atheist.

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Why do Adam and Eve have [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 OP

I know wendyb-NC Mar 27 #1

😵‍💫 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #3

Good question. They shouldn't. Ocelot II Mar 27 #2

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #4

No, they did NOT have belly buttons! Abolishinist Mar 27 #5

Photoshopped!😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #11

Because... Kablooie Mar 27 #6

😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #12

Better answer than mine soldierant Mar 27 #20

Because they are human, and this trait would be passed on to their progeny who would need it in the womb. Earth-shine Mar 27 #7

You beat my 129!😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #13

I Read In HS... ProfessorGAC Mar 27 #21

I was told in Hebrew school about the age of the Earth being 6000 years, that a year for God is not Earth-shine Mar 27 #23

I was told (as a young child) that if we didn't have belly buttons that Niagara Mar 27 #8

Yikes! 😬 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #15

because it's all a bunch of made up bullshit? /nt Stardust Mirror Mar 27 #9

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #16

That's where they were poked to see if they were done Bayard Mar 27 #10

😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #17

We are made in the image of god. Eko Mar 27 #14

😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 27 #18

They need a place to get the lint caught. beaglelover Mar 27 #19

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