Did God Create Other Human Beings Not Described in Genesis 1–2?

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Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Questions about whether God created other human beings not described in Genesis 1–2, whether the children of Adam and Eve had to commit incest, and whether women are more naive or less intelligent than men since Eve was deceived and not Adam.

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0:00.0	This is the hashtag STR Ask podcast, and we're so glad you're here. And by we, I mean Amy Hall and Greg Kogel.
0:18.5	We are.
0:19.7	Now, Greg, in the last episode, we were talking about God creating human beings.
0:24.8	So we're going to keep going on in that direction a little bit here.
0:27.5	And this first question comes from Jeremy Melberg.
0:30.5	Oh, I know Jeremy.
0:31.8	He's my nephew.
0:33.5	All right.
0:34.2	On my wife's side, great guy.
0:36.9	Well, I'm glad I picked his question. Hope I can answer it. All right. On my wife's side. Great guy. Well, I'm glad I picked his question.
0:39.1	Hope I can answer it.
0:41.1	All right.
0:41.6	Here is his question.
0:42.7	Did God create other human beings not described in Genesis 1 and 2?
0:48.5	That's a great question in light of a lot of controversy, not only with the broader issue of Darwinian evolution,
0:54.7	but many Christians who, academics, who are struggling with trying to make sense of what they
1:03.9	perceive to be scientific evidence on one side of the issue, genetics of, et cetera, and the
1:09.6	biblical record, all right, notably cetera, and the biblical record, all right? Notably, William and
1:12.5	Craig right now, and the, what's his title of his book? The historical Adam. The historical Adam.
1:19.8	Yeah. The key here, Jeremy, is what one means by human being. And it seems like straight up, but it's not because in this discussion,
1:31.8	we have to be more precise. If we understand a human being to be one just like all the rest of us
1:40.1	who have been multiplying for a long time, and, theologically, those made in the image of God.
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