What race were Adam and Eve?

[SoonerCoug]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

Why not answer the question? I don't think there is any logical basis to conclude what race Adam and Eve were.

Certainly, if Adam and Eve were literal beings that also lived in present-day Missouri, then that calls into question your dogmatic assertion that they were black.

To believe that Adam and Eve weren't literal beings nor did they live in present-day Missouri is to essentially claim that multiple scriptures and multiple statements by Apostles and Prophets, who clearly referred to both conditions in a literal context, as being wrong.

I answered "other", I didn't answer "white".

OK. What is "other?"

The fact is that original human beings were black. That's a scientific fact.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by SoonerCoug

OK. What is "other?"

The fact is that original human beings were black. That's a scientific fact.

how do we know?

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by SoonerCoug

OK. What is "other?"

The fact is that original human beings were black. That's a scientific fact.

Do we have melanin samples from the Leakeys?

Let's try this again: were Adam and Eve from Missouri? Yes or no?

[Tex]

Originally Posted by SoonerCoug

The fact is that original human beings were black. That's a scientific fact.

A scientific fact, eh? Heh, you really whip yourself into a frenzy over minituae, Sooner.

[FMCoug]

Why do you care? I find myself oscillating between interested, puzzled, and frustrated regarding these discussions on CG. Why the need to reconcile everything with science? There is no question that God operates per the laws of nature, but I certaily don't feel the need to understand everything. In fact, if we DID understand it all, where would faith come in?

What is wrong with "I don't get it but I don't need to because I have a testimony."

[Sleeping in EQ]

Race is a modern construct.

Missouri is a modern construct.

"Adam" is first used in Genesis to refer to humankind, although later it is used as a proper noun (different translations start thinking of it as a proper noun in different places, some as early as Genesis 2).

If the earliest humans were the color black or brown that's great.

[Tex]

Originally Posted by FMCoug

What is wrong with "I don't get it but I don't need to because I have a testimony."

I'm trying to think of a more irrelevant factoid to my faith than the race of Adam and Eve and .... it's just ... not ... coming.

It certainly is not scientific fact. I am still having a good chuckle over that one.

[TheSizzle36]

This question is easy...


Adam and Eve are from the human race.

Other than that, I agree with what FM said:

Why do you care? I find myself oscillating between interested, puzzled, and frustrated regarding these discussions on CG. Why the need to reconcile everything with science? There is no question that God operates per the laws of nature, but I certaily don't feel the need to understand everything. In fact, if we DID understand it all, where would faith come in?

What is wrong with "I don't get it but I don't need to because I have a testimony."

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

Missouri is a modern construct.

What exactly is that supposed to mean? Whatever else Missouri may or may not be, it isn't in the modern construct of Africa.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

What exactly is that supposed to mean? Whatever else Missouri may or may not be, it isn't in the modern construct of Africa.

just a guess, but he may be saying the same thing as when he says not all things in Mormonism, in his opinion, are literal.