Did Adam and Eve Have Belly Buttons?
 

Hi guys,

Someone in the office just asked me this question and I am stumped.

I would have thought the answer is "yes". But then, given they did not arrive in the traditional manner - maybe not.

Confused.

I am going with no but when you find the answer, please also ask what came first, the chicken or the egg?

Ahh yes - that old chestnut.

I thought it was common knowledge that the chicken arrived with an egg at the same time.

Of course they didn't have belly buttons.

And their children didn't mate with each other, either.

Well, Adam and Eve were created in God's image, so if we extrapolate the question, then we have:

DOES GOD HAVE A BELLY-BUTTON?

:D
-Z.

Taaa-Daaa!

Z-Man wins the prize!

I would say Yes.

My reasoning. If God Created man and woman in the manner in which we are today then Yes - they would have belly buttons.

my $9.28

But God can't have created them the way we do now - A&E where the first. Besides - that would be some form of bizarre trans species incest.

They arrived here buck naked but for some strategically placed vine leaves - remember?

My head hurtz.....http://www.pelicanparts.com/support/...s/a_frusty.gif

Why "soutinly"!!! (how is it spelled it the way 'Curly' would pronounce it?)
Adam had an 'outie'...
Eve han an 'innie'...
Then, like babies discovering their bods...
They ate the metaphorical apple and Adam ended up with a "woodie" :)

God's balls! Of course they had belly buttons!

how could they? And the real question is...Adam and Eve had Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel. that leaves Mother, Father and Son.. but somehow, they populated the Earth? hmmmm... these kinds of questions got me in serious trouble in cathechism... starting in 1st grade, ending in 4th grade when I was threatened with excommunication for skipping classes. There ended my religious education. BTW, the egg came first. Dinosaurs laid eggs long before chickens evolved from their prehistoric ancestors. hehehe.

According to some "biblical historians", Adam and Eve story is the first recorded story, not necessarily the first "people". Hey, History had to start somewhere!!

A special way back on either History or Discovery examined this hypothesis

Maybe we are all an alien experiement gone terribly wrong?.

Someone find out if apes have belly buttons! If they do, we must, after all, they are at the base of our family tree.......

with my limited knowledge, I'd think the only mammals without a belly button would be the Platypus and the Echidna, since they do lay eggs instead of live birth

God is love, love is blind, Ray Charles is God! LOL :D

Who ?????

I believe they just arrived here naked. The leaves came later.

I vote to get Eve posted on the Grid Girls thread :D

While we are pondering such things, my I put forth the following:

Can God create a rock so big that He cannot lift it?

-Z.

"It's heavy mystery time!"

Oh man, I sure hope SHE does. Otherwise where you gonna hang that sexy piercing?;)

Can God microwave a burrito so hot that not even he could eat it?

Can God make a joint so big that he can't bogart it?

This is all very witty - but has not genetic research pointed to a small number of common ancestors? The whole Adam and Eve story might not be so far fetched...

Some of you know I have taught religious education at a Catholic church. One of the books I have used is entitled "Did Adam and Eve Have Belly Buttons." It is a collection of theological questions, and discussions. This question is nicely illustrative of an important principle in bible reading. The point is that if you get hung up on questions of biology (or physics or meteorology or.....) you're going to miss the real point.

We procreate. We "beget" each other. God Begot Jesus, so they are related. It's a family thing. By contrast, we are created creatures. Created by Him. That's an important distinction. Jesus is blood relation to God. We are not. We are His project. Like a track car. This has important theological implications.

I'd take a wild guess that Adam and Eve did not have belly buttons. But it wouldn't matter if they did. Similarly, I suspect that a "day" of creation was more than 24 standard hours. But again, it does not matter how long it took God to create the Universe. Getting hung up on those question is a trap.

http://www.darkage.co.uk/rpg/bioware/bioware6_cloning.htm
Does anyone remember "nipple necks" or "tanks" from the TV show "Space Above & Beyond"?

http://www.cyberpursuits.com/heckifiknow/saab/default.asp

Yep, less than 100,000 because of rapid climate change about 600,000 years ago, fuzzy memory, might have to correct these numbers upon some research.

Small = 1. I think it was the evaluation of mitochondrial DNA the led to the conclusion that all of Earth's current inhabitants are decendents of a single female who lived something like 30,000 years ago. That's about exactly how long ago Eve lived in a fully literal interpretation of geneology given in the bible. It's also about the place in history where the evolutionary disconnect is located.

Looks like it to me. Here is an early photo of the couple.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1102625709.jpg

how exactly *does* her leaf stay up....?

FAITH my dear brother, FAITH.:D

Supe - You are the man. I have always said that..... B

http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/faq/Encarta/diversity.htm
Will we ever know for sure?

That's frightening, B. I'm gonna still be an out-of-control liberal maniac when you've posted some war mongering anti-social conservative dribble. But in the meantime, it's delightful that you imagine me to be sensible. Have you seen the "Conservative Christian?" thread?

Not yet. But I will. I love the holidays. So much good cheer and all that good will and etc.

Tonight is a pelican get together in NYC. Wish all yous guys could make it...

you must remember that the leaves were not in use on adam and eve until they ate of the apple.

Did they have belly buttons what does it matter.

The big question is are you right with God

Michael

Walko,

God is not right with me at the moment.

Wish I could be there. I'm actually fairly personable, and occasionally reasonable. Have a very blessed Christmas season, B. I think you may have some understanding of the unbearably beautiful love that He gives us, so I hope that touches you again. It's really unbearable when you catch a glimpse of it. Changes everything. As you may know.

Does that mean he will help me do faster lap times

Michael