Bible doesnt say but im of the opinion that they were a light brown or oliveish skin color from which both lighter and darker skin shades evolved (Gods evolutiin, not sciences, tho they have basic similarities) through adaptation.
according to pictures in kids Bibles, they are white.
Im just going to say, Middle Eastern. they weren't born in Europe so they aren't white.
In each book they were portraited as white... but they could be portraits differently in different biblical texts.
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i think they were white to be honest...
I believe they were the color of the ground they were made from to the likeness of the image of God
They weren't real, so it's a bit hard to say isn't it?
They are representations of all humanity, red yellow black and white.
The first man and woman; and the first married couple, of the olive tone persuasion.
Comparing then to the people groups today, the Bible doesn't say. It's logical to believe that their skin tone was medium brown, because this would have been able to give rise to all shades of skin (what we call black, white, albino, ect.). If what you're indicating, though, is what race they were, then that is easy, there is only one race - the human race. Good observational science has proven this. There are only distinct people groups and cultures, no such thing as different races. If you want a more detailed explanation on how the different people groups arose, then I'll be happy to explain it. Or you could go to Answers in Genesis (www.answersingenesis.org), or The Institute for Creation Research (www.icr.org).
Pray this helps. God bless. - Zack
I believe they were the first human beings. I don't believe they are an allegory. They are referred to in other parts of the Bible as actual persons. Maybe tomorrow I'll come back and expound on that further with scripture. It might sound funny, but I do think Eve was take n from Adam's rib. If I revisit this tomorrow I will explain miracles in a way that makes sense. Miracles are something done that seems to defy what humans consider scientific. It is interesting, because I was thinking of submitting two questions on these very subjects. Miracles and if Adam and Eve were an allegory or real. One pertained to infant baptism. Some thing infant baptism is related to original sin, but then believe that Adam and Eve are an allegory and that we came from ape. Somebody I know was saying that they asked a priest (don't get mad at me Catholics) why do you baptise babies? The priest said original sin was the reason. But the priest thought Adam and Eve were an allegory. If they didn't exist there was no original sin. The priest was speechless.
Correctly, WHO were Adam and Eve?, if you believe that they were two human persons, which we Catholics must believe.
God made, not created (made from nothing) Adam, the first man, as an adult, out of the dust of the earth.
God then made Eve, the first woman, out of some part of Adam's body, as an adult. It says his rib in Genesis.
God made Eve because man should not be alone. When Adam first saw her, he exclaimed: This one, at last, is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh! (lends credibility to Eve being made from some part of Adam's body, which may nit have been his rib). He said this because he had recently finished naming all of the animals. He called her, woman, which means, (made) out of her man.
We have no clue what language Adam, then Eve, spoke. I think it's possible that, before the fall, they communicated with God, and with each other, without speech, even though they were able to speak.
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GodordirtZack answered correctly when he said that there is one race, the human race. During the construction of the human genome, during his administration, President Bill Clinton was amazed that a tiny percentage, of the human genome, is responsible for all of our mental and physical differences!
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The Bible, within itself, in its Catholic editions, which is God revealing Himself to humankind, is Divine Revelation, because God is the Divine Author, of every part of the Bible, and cannot contradict Himself.
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The Catholic Faith, which is based on Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, and the Magisterium (teaching authority of the Pope); and human reason, cannot contradict each other, because human reason functions properly, when it is illuminated by Faith. They work together, within the same human person.
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This article, though relatively short, speaks directly, and well, to your question. It is accessed at:
www.whynotcatholicism.net/view/adam-eve-and-science
I hope this answers your question fully; and helps a little.
Good question! Glad you asked it!
Frank
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a. Any theory of evolution, not to be in error, must hold that God created the universe, and everything in it, from nothing, in the beginning.
b. God made Adam & Eve, the first human beings, and our first parents, creating, and infusing in them, human souls, which animated their bodies, and which were immortal, would live forever.
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5. Only Bishops have the power to ordain men as deacons, and as priests, in the Catholic Church.
6. Once a man is ordained as a priest, in the Catholic Church, he is "a priest forever, according to the order of Melchisedek."
7. Being ordained a priest does not, in that instant, make the man spiritually perfect, that is, a perfectly loving person, who will never sin again. However, because most new priests have been preparing themselves spiritually, and in every other way, to be the best priests ever, for many years, they are very holy when ordained.
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Priests have a tremendous need for our prayers.
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For the Catholic Church teaching, go to:
www.ewtn.com/library/PAPALDOC/JP2HEAVN.HTM#hell
is the Catholic Church's teaching on Heaven, Hell & Purgatory.
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Hope this helps!
Frank
