Further to my previous post [1] about the problem of God’s attractive nuisance in the garden of Eden, here are some more questions from Genesis for readers to ponder. First, exactly where did Cain’s wife (in Genesis 4:17) come from? The book of Genesis never says God created her from scratch, as He did Adam and Eve, so we must assume Cain’s wife was a daughter of Adam and Eve; i.e., Cain’s sister. Apparently, a literal reading of Genesis indicates there was incest in the garden of Eden. And quite a lot of it, too: if all humans descended from Adam and Eve, then ALL of their grandchildren would have been the product of brother-sister incest.
Second, what should we make of Lamesh (in Genesis 4:19) who had TWO wives and had children by both of them? Apparently, God was OK with both incest and polygamy.
Third, given that God was apparently OK with sexual behaviors that virtually any Christian today would say are sinful (and the above are just two of many examples), then exactly what support is there for Christians who claim that the Bible provides an “absolute” moral code?
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