Did adam and eve have navels?

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Wow!  Item #42!

A brief run-through of the arguments on either side.
Pro:
Adam and Eve were made "in God's image".  Humanity in general was made "In
God's image".  So Adam and Eve must have looked like all other
humans--with navels.

Con:
Navels are a side effect of being born--the remanants of the umbilical cord.
Adam and Eve were made, not born, so they had no navels

So your saying that god had a navel? And of course that would mean that god was
born, meaning that he had parents. Hmm, this item could be interesting.

no, eld.
If you believe that the navel is an innate part of the human form,
and thus God's form, then yes, god must have a navel.  But only if
you assume that the navel is a side effect of birth would God's 
having a navel imply that god has parents.  But if a navel is an
innate part of the human form, then it must exist irrespective of
whether or not one was born.  And therefore, you cannote take both
points of view--either god has a navel, but that doesn't mean he was
born; or god might or might not have a navel, and if he does, it
would mean he was born.  Ergo, god *might* have been born

<Eldrich belives in both today, whether orin likes it or not!>

don't worry eld, he's to smart for his own good

well if you do belive in both, then yes, you have to belive that God
was born.  But that doesn't meant that God has parents--at least
not earthly parents.  In fact, he is his own father--God the Father/
God the Son

Humans have navel because mammals have navels.  
God has a navel, but it is a very embarassing place..

Heh...

Adam and Eve were made in GOD's image. Contary to what you belive GODs image
is not physical but spirit.  Look it up in an concordance.

Interesting....what does God's image consist of, then?

indeed tell us more

<If god had a face, what would it look like, and would you want to see it...>
;)

and would he forget to put question marks at the end of his sentences

Would he really

erm, "of his sentences?"
<orinoco stands corrected>

It seams that whenever someone like Dylan or Mr. Fallows here make interesting 
points and we ask them to exsplain they never show up again to say anything
more (eg the "Myths" item)! Is it just me or are preachy people afraid of
discusion?

maybe they just haven't come back on in awhile yet

adam and eve has what ? well, i guess i heard you all right but i was just
making sure.  ok, here goes : maybe, maybe not.  there is such a thing as
evolution, see - and maybe that's how we got our navels.  that is, if they
did'nt have one.  (Darwins my Consultant on this).  And if they did have one,
i guess that doesnt brook any argument.  but i'd really like to know what
sparked off that curiosity in you.  good one really.  left me gaping to see
a question like this.

The thing is, nistel, that navels aren't a product of evolution, but a product
of being born, which Adam and EWve weren't

OK Ori, I'll grant you that one. I stand corrected. Assuming that I succumb
to the very christian belief of an Adam and Eve. It's only now that I realised
that To be Born is unlike To Be Created . But arent we all created before we
are born ? Or is that the Point ? Why am I confused ?

Sorry If I'm being confusing, nistel...it's true that navels may well be a
product of creation as well as birth, i.e. Adam and Eve may have been created
with navels, even though they weren't born, and therefore had no need for
them.

Okay how do creationist view birth then do they view it as the body reproducing
and a soul being thrown in, or "And god said 'let jack and jill have a baby,
and jack and jill had a bady.and it was good.

Interesting...you're saying that birth and creation are equivalent?

weird....

 god controling the flow of souls into bodies.

I see.  

Are we always going by the assumption that we know all the answers (or) are
we just theorising ? Pls. clarify.

Just putting out theories, I think.
I'm actually not Christian, but new ideas are always nice.

Good. I'll remember Orin.

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