Comments on: Cain and Abel Consistent with Old or Young Earth Scenario http://www.geocreationism.com/blog/2010/06/06/cain-and-abel-consistent-with-old-or-young-earth-scenario/ "If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you." - 2 Cor. 5:13 Tue, 22 May 2012 21:16:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Mike http://www.geocreationism.com/blog/2010/06/06/cain-and-abel-consistent-with-old-or-young-earth-scenario/#comment-6970 Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:52:59 +0000 http://www.geocreationism.com/blog/2010/06/06/cain-and-abel-consistent-with-old-or-young-earth-scenario/#comment-6970 My article above was largely a thought excercise, using later scriptures recording other births as a basis. My studies have since brought me to fuller understanding of when and where Eve would have given birth to Cain, not to mention how she may have felt toward Adam for his weakness in the garden. I have written this up and posted it here: http://www.geocreationism.com/scripture/genesis-4/genesis4-1to2-sowing-seeds-of-resentment.html http://www.geocreationism.com/scripture/genesis-4/genesis4-18t24-aligning-cains-clans-with-history.html Some things Eve could have meant: 1) The increased pain (because of sin) was so bad that only God got her through it, and it was so long that Cain must be a man by now. 2) Her childbirth was no thanks to her weak husband, Adam. Given Cain's later killing of Abel, and the lifestyle he lived after killing him, both may have an element of truth. My article above was largely a thought excercise, using later scriptures recording other births as a basis. My studies have since brought me to fuller understanding of when and where Eve would have given birth to Cain, not to mention how she may have felt toward Adam for his weakness in the garden. I have written this up and posted it here:

http://www.geocreationism.com/scripture/genesis-4/genesis4-1to2-sowing-seeds-of-resentment.html
http://www.geocreationism.com/scripture/genesis-4/genesis4-18t24-aligning-cains-clans-with-history.html

Some things Eve could have meant:
1) The increased pain (because of sin) was so bad that only God got her through it, and it was so long that Cain must be a man by now.
2) Her childbirth was no thanks to her weak husband, Adam.

Given Cain’s later killing of Abel, and the lifestyle he lived after killing him, both may have an element of truth.

]]> by: Mike http://www.geocreationism.com/blog/2010/06/06/cain-and-abel-consistent-with-old-or-young-earth-scenario/#comment-5911 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:08:01 +0000 http://www.geocreationism.com/blog/2010/06/06/cain-and-abel-consistent-with-old-or-young-earth-scenario/#comment-5911 By the way, the arguments against this are not lost on me. I was strictly for what is possible, not necessarily what is likely. After all, that would suggest that there are many many times the number of children as adults, and that people were already able to raise sufficient food for them all. I assumed unreasonably high birth rate, combined with unreasonably low child mortality rate. So, I believe the numbers work for what is physically possible, but the practical implications start to argue against it. By the way, the arguments against this are not lost on me. I was strictly for what is possible, not necessarily what is likely. After all, that would suggest that there are many many times the number of children as adults, and that people were already able to raise sufficient food for them all.

I assumed unreasonably high birth rate, combined with unreasonably low child mortality rate.

So, I believe the numbers work for what is physically possible, but the practical implications start to argue against it.

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