A man died and went to Heaven. There were thousands of other people there. They were all naked and all looked as they did at the age of 21. He looked around to see if there was anyone he recognised. He saw a couple and he knew immediately that they were Adam and Eve.

How did he know?

Assuming that this problem is based on Christianity then Adam and Eve were created by God rather than developing in a womb and being born. As a result Adam and Eve don't bear the scar where the umbilical cord was connected - ie they don't have belly buttons!


One thought I had from this problem is if we take the creation thing literally that we are all descendents of Adam and Eve. Then given that the Christian church forbids marriage and therefore procreation between siblings how did mankind survive beyond the second generation? Conversely, given that we have survived beyond that second generation (therefore inter-sibling procreation must have been allowed initially), at what point did the ban start?

This isn't meant to start up all the 'does God exist?' discussion from previously, I'm just curious as to the official explanation if anyone knows it.

Posted by fwaff on 2003-05-28 02:49:19