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→...although it would still be considered [[incest]]: Edits by TheDecider
::However, I will dispute it now, as far as the brothers and sisters are concerned. I was thinking that incest is sexual intercourse between closely-related people, but it's actually "''sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry''". Using "incest" in this case presumes that it was at the time improper for brother and sister to marry, but this is a case of applying today's standards to the time, and there is good reason for thinking that it was okay at the time.
::However, I will dispute it now, as far as the brothers and sisters are concerned. I was thinking that incest is sexual intercourse between closely-related people, but it's actually "''sexual intercourse between persons too closely related to marry''". Using "incest" in this case presumes that it was at the time improper for brother and sister to marry, but this is a case of applying today's standards to the time, and there is good reason for thinking that it was okay at the time.
::[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:03, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
::[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:03, 22 March 2007 (EDT)
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[[user:TheDecider|TheDecider]] has edited the bit about Adam and Eve's descendants, asking that we "stick to the scripture". I don't see why. As long as any further information is (a) not inconsistent with Scripture, and (b) not representing itself as being Scripture, there should be no problem with adding other information. There are other problems also.
* Even his edit doesn't stick to Scripture, as Genesis doesn't say who Cain and Seth married, yet TheDecider is inserting what he believes must have been the case.
* Suggesting that they may have had sexual intercourse with Eve is inconsistent with Scriptural declarations regarding marriage; marrying a sister is one thing, but having sex with one's mother is another entirely.
* It rejects the possibility (he removed it from the article) that they married nieces. For example, Seth might have married a sister, had a daughter, and Cain married that daughter (his niece). Perhaps not a likely explanation, but a possible one, and ethically acceptable, unlike one having sex with their mother.
I intend to partially revert, but will await comments first.
[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 04:28, 6 May 2007 (EDT)