belief
Tony I am not threatened or scared of the topic and I accept that you may or may not have differing opinions from my own. I am not offended and hope you are not because we see things differently.
single pair of adult humans, landed or placed in earth?
Do you have proof that did not happen? I do not. I believe it is possible.
Just as I believe it is possible that we are not alone in the universe.
According to the bible, life spans were hundreds of years for the earliest people with no disease, no genetic problems.... given simple mathematic progression, it would not take long for a full varied population. Simple math makes the scenario possible!
If each generation had 2 children each, in 10 you would have 1024 people. Assuming you have a new generation every 15 years (adolescence), those it would take only 135 years to arrive at the 1024 people!
PEOPLE: 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024
YEARS: 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135
At some point, it comes down to FAITH.
Two of my favorite bible quotes:
“Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)”
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart; and don't lean on your own understanding. (Proverbs 3:5)”
Over time, books have been taken out of the bible (Catholic church removed some), others had translation issues changing the meanings... but as I said, I believe the bible is a work written by several men, inspired by God. It can not fully represent everything that God is since it was written from man's perspective. But that does not remove it's importance or its teachings. Many of the historical places, people and events have been documented and verified using other sources made during the same periods. I took two courses in college (1-old testament, 2 new testament) where we studied the content as historical reference rather than a book of religion. WONDERFUL courses. Though they were not intended to teach religion or doctrine, the end result was that the courses helped to strengthen my resolve, my belief, my faith.
The old T is basically rules for living...cleanliness, washing, toilet, cooking, marriage, rules and laws to prevent bacteria and other nasties from attacking human populations. NOW the reasons why you should not put your waste treatment upstream of your drinking water makes sense. We know about infections, germs, inbreeding, so many things that were not understood at that time, yet the book was written as a set of rules to protect. They were written in a way that could be understood by the people of that time. It was SO FAR advanced of man's knowledge when it was written.