The_Star  +  127229 Mon, 15 Aug 05 01:59 PM I'd like to hear about all your opinion about this... I am a bit confused with Cain after he did the wrong thing against his brother. He said to God that he had been afraid to leave his home because someone would kill him. How could there is "someone"? Who is Cain's wife anyway? thanks for your replies The_Star Joined on Mon, Aug 15 2005 Indonesia New Member 31

	The_Star  +  127434 Tue, 16 Aug 05 03:24 AM Thank you for your reply. To clear it, let's see this : Genesis 4 : 13-15 "This punishment is too hard!" Cain said. "You are making me leave my home and live far from You. I'll have to wander about without a home, and just anyone could kill me." "No!" the Lord answered. "Anyone who kills you will be punished seven times worse than I am punishing you." So the Lord put a mark on Cain to warn everyone not to kill him. Taken from Contemporary English Version It is said that there is someone else beside Adam,Eve, and Cain, because Cain was afraid he would be killed if he left his home. So, who is "everyone"? The_Star

	David  +  127502 Tue, 16 Aug 05 10:29 AM Adam is not the name of one man it means mankind in the original Hebrew. David Joined on Sat, Mar 8 2003 Regular Member 664

	nona the brit  +  127511 Tue, 16 Aug 05 11:03 AM That is interesting, I haven't heard that before.  It makes more sense that way. nona the brit Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004 England Veteran Member 11,713 The name says it all.

	The_Star  +  127527 Tue, 16 Aug 05 12:49 PM Thank you for your replies. David, do you mean Adam is a group of people? It sounds very strange to me. Do you think in the beginning God created mankind or in other words God created a group of people at first? I think Adam is one person. Not mankind. The_Star

	Muslimah  +  129190 Sun, 21 Aug 05 01:14 PM The_Star said: “I think Adam is one person. Not mankind.” Well, your word is the nearest to the Islamic viewing to the start of mankind. Adam (peace be upon him) is the first man on the universe, Allah created him from clay then bilged in him from his soul (halfly), then Allah told his angels genuflect to Adam, they all did except Lucifer then he became accursed from heaven which this all happen there, then Allah created Eve from Adam’s rib as his wife, then after some actions they came down to earth& they had two sons Abel& Cain,& for every one sister, every man have to marry the opposite sister,but Cain wanted to marry his sister, Cain kill his brother.. In the holy Quran the story found but in short, the historic Islamic scientist had explained in their books. Muslimah Joined on Thu, Jul 17 2003 Full Member 336 THE REAL FRIENDS ARE LIKE WATER, WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THEM!

	David  +  130277 Wed, 24 Aug 05 01:45 PM The Christian thinking is that this is a story to illustrate the begining of humanity. It is a story told in Genesis. In Genesis adam can mean either an individual or a group of individuals. Adam with a capital A is either a city or an individual. The creation story is not to be taken literally. Read Worter the German theologian.  David