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→Creationist polygenesis: clean up & uniformity
Another form of this theory is '''co-Adamism''': God created other human beings at the same time as Adam and Eve, rather than prior to them.
Another form of this theory is '''co-Adamism''': God created other human beings at the same time as Adam and Eve, rather than prior to them.
Variations of this theory were popular among ancient [[Pagan]] thinkers, especially when the need came to respond to the [[Christian]] account of creation. It has also been favoured by a number of 20<sup>th</sup> century [[occult]] writers.
Variations of this theory were popular among ancient [[Pagan]] thinkers, especially when the need came to respond to the [[Christian]] account of creation. It has also been favoured by a number of 20th century [[occult]] writers.
Pre-Adamism and co-Adamism have the advantage that they avoid the need for incestuous pairings in the first generation after Adam and Eve; on the other hand, they contradict many parts of the Bible. They also have often been interpreted in a [[racism|racist]] manner - e.g., claiming that only a certain race or races (especially [[Caucasian]]) were descended from Adam and Eve, and the rest belong to another inferior creation. Since {{Bible ref|Romans|5}} argues that [[Christ]] came as [[saviour]] to do right what Adam had been done wrong, this view then implies that Jesus only came to save Adam and Eve's descendants, and thus other races cannot be saved. But, although pre-Adamism and co-Adamism have often been used to justify racism, it is possible to give these views a non-racist interpretation.
Pre-Adamism and co-Adamism have the advantage that they avoid the need for incestuous pairings in the first generation after Adam and Eve; on the other hand, they contradict many parts of the Bible. They also have often been interpreted in a [[racism|racist]] manner - e.g., claiming that only a certain race or races (especially [[Caucasian]]) were descended from Adam and Eve, and the rest belong to another inferior creation. Since {{Bible ref|Romans|5}} argues that [[Christ]] came as [[saviour]] to do right what Adam had been done wrong, this view then implies that Jesus only came to save Adam and Eve's descendants, and thus other races cannot be saved. But, although pre-Adamism and co-Adamism have often been used to justify racism, it is possible to give these views a non-racist interpretation.