ryl (03/08/83)
A re-reading of the first chapter of Genesis shows that
generic man was created about the same time as the beasts of
the field. It was only after Earth went into beta test and
God had taken some time off, that He had enough reliability
statistics to attempt a custom job--Adam (Advanced Digital-Analog Man)*.
Therefore, there were people around for the sons of Adam
to marry (without the ill effects of in-breeding that we
see, for example, in net.suicide).
It's my understanding that whether Adam was the prototype man
is still a hot issue among biblical nit-pickers. In my rare
religio-philosophical moods, I tend to ignore such non-issues
in favor of biblical paradoxes like why a merciful god sends
down 10 plagues and 7 years of famine. Questions like
Adam's illegitimate birth I reserve for Jehovah's witnesses
who wake me up on Saturday mornings.
Bob "Clean compiles are next to Godliness" Lied
...{BTL}!ihlts!ryl
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* ADAM is a trademark of Judaeo-Christian Microsystems, Inc.