Does the bible contradict the belief of cavemen?

Question

In the bible, Adam and Eve are portrayed as God's friends, who can walk, speak, and know to pick their food from trees. But cavemen supposedly were almost on the same level as most dumb beasts, and grunted/drew to communicate. I've often thought about this, and if one statement is true, doesn't the other have to be false? Please explain.

Answer 1

cavemen dumb (Geico commercials)

Adam and Eve could communicate.

Answer 2

Jews didn't consider other people to be people.

Chosen race has backfired on them a number of times.

Sons of God has a cultural and linguistical meaning denotating the Jewish race.

Answer 3

Apparently mankind was poofed into existence by a benevolent sociopath, apple in one hand and Blackberry in the other.  Don't you read the goatherders' guide to the universe?

Answer 4

It's called an allegory. Most people in this world are willing to accept that Creation Myths were ancients society's way of rationalizing our as yet unknown origins. Unfortunately some people insist on accepting it as truth without a scrap of evidence to back it. Takes all sorts I suppose!

Answer 5

I guess we consider cavemen to be like dumb beasts but considering we've never met a caveman, we don't know 100% for sure they were like that. From analyzing remains of cavemen and some other things, we assume that's how they were like. Science can only take us so far.

Answer 6

the whole book is one sodding contradction really.

Answer 7

No one knows what abilities or lack thereof that 'cavemen' had, except that most of them were nomadic, and therefore NOT cavemen.  

Notice even in recent history people groups have lost language and other skills.  Look at the state where I live, AZ SAT scores have gone done 3 straight years.  Call it devolution, or whatever you want it is possible to lose technology skills and knowledge.  We know that the natives in Central and South America did in light of the ruins of wonderful buildings, that those natives could not duplicate.  

Answer 8

Who said Cavemen were dumb, and grunted/drew to communicate.  Since we were not there were don't know what language they spoke.

Answer 9

On the contrary, the Bible supports people living in caves.  In Genesis 19:30, we find where Lot and his daughters dwelt in a cave.  I do not, however, believe in the concept that cavemen were dumb Neanderthals.  Man was created in God's image, and given the task of naming all the animals.  Doesn't sound much like a dummy to me.

Answer 10

Im not religious , and I believe in Cavemans , but I do not believe H omo sapien sapien are descendant of Cavemans we must be a gene mix with something else ...

Answer 11

The bible contradicts itself, so why does it matter what else it contradicts?

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Answer 12

Curiously, the language of "cavemen" (few of whom lived in caves) is unknown and unknowable. They are developmentally on par with modern humans, so they were certainly capable of complicated verbal communication. So your original supposition regarding cavemen is false.

However, as your perception applies to "Adam and Eve," it should be noted that historically the creation story was taken as allegory (by St. Augustine, for example). The literal interpretation of the story only became dominant in the modern era. If the story is allegory (and given Jesus' parables, it wouldn't be unusual for God to speak in metaphor), then it is a non-issue. History contradicts the Lord of The Rings, but that doesn't mean the latter is "false."

Answer 13

Cavemen ARE often depicted like that. So according to evolutionists, man was stupid. Unlike in the Genesis account, Adam was able to name animals because he has mind.

Adam's first line: This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Eve's first line: We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

(at least, that's what's in the Bible)

Answer 14

1.  The Bible doesnt define the length of time 4 each day period in Genesis. Time as measured on earth didnt begin until the 4th day. If God wanted us 2 know He wouldve had it written this detail in Genesis.

2.  Adam & Even were the 1rst "chosen" people not necessarily the 1rst humans on earth, which accounts 4 the different creation sequence btwn Genesis 1 & 2.

There4 cavemen may have existed prior 2 Adam & Eve (may account 4 the different races on earth). Cavemen may've been as intelligent as Adam & Eve or not - but it doesnt matter. In the Bible God declares the end from the beginning which cant be done unless 1 occupies a place outside the universe.

In the Bible it warns us that we rnt 2 trust humans, not even ourselves (Jer 10:2-5,23; Is 2:22; Job 12:11; Prov 14:12; Acts 17:11). So carefully think over what I say. Dont just believe or disregard what I write. It might save u from making the same mistakes many have made, getting caught up in religious beliefs that have nothing 2 do with finding & knowing God.

But God outsmarted man, b/c the Bible's the only 1 known 2 man that cant be properly understood without going thru Jesus (Jn 14:6; II Cor 3:14 - If the Jewish people cant pierce the veil over the OT without going thu Jesus then rest-assurd neither can all gentiles). This is why theres many interpretations & people thinking its all just fairytales.

Whoever seeks Jesus Christ with all his heart & soul will find Him (u shall know the truth & it will set u free). But u can lead a horse 2 water but u cant make them drink. Why should God want u 2 live with Him forever if u dont want 2 know Him (reason 4 free will)? The truth of God remains forever while things of a man dies with him, including his religions & gods made in his image. Theres everlasting hope only in Jesus Christ.

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Answer 15

Cave men--weren't they just people who lived in caves?  I know someone right now who lived in a cave.  Well, a house built out of the side of a hill, anyway.  Smelled like a cave.

I read some article yesterday about neanderthals and it said we are wrong about how stupid they were, because they had tools.  Creationists do not believe neanderthals were related to people--if that's your question.

Answer 16

the bible contradicts itself?? haha where? and no it does not contradict cavemen. you see just because adam and eve could communicate doesn't mean everyone that was born could. and cavemen could have grown to look somewhat different because they didn't have certain foodgroups available to them in their region. and its proven that if u only eat certain foods your entire life... for instance if u were to only eat meat no fruits or veggies it can affect your appearance

Answer 17

Yes. Obviously the writers of the bible didn't have knowledge of the writings on caves, and other places proving the fact that cavemen existed. Instead the bible starts off with individuals that supposedly can think rationally, like we can now. That's not how it started. Fossils, cave drawings, and remains of ancient people prove otherwise.

Answer 18

Huh... You know, there are bones, you all know Lucy, right?  The whole people with the ape like features?  Lucy, one who was found?  Yeah, yeah.  Think about that.  They do exist.

Idk wtf is up with that.

I guess the bible does contradict it but it's just a story book.  Even Christians know they are like anomalies or what that's called.

Answer 19

Cave men? LMAO!

Answer 20

Primitive man was much smarter than you think. Invention of things like clothes or shoes or spears would be much tougher if you had never seen an item of clothing or a shoe or a spear.

They also had religion, suggesting that religion is a part of the human condition rather than something that's come up in the last few thousand years. The Neanderthals buried their dead with flowers.

BTW, they did not actually live in caves, they just went there to do grafitti - much as you'll see ***** and ******* drawn on the concrete abutments of today.

Adam and Eve is just a story. It could be a meatphor, an allegory, a fantasy or whatever. It is not the literal truth, and people who think so are deluding themselves.

EDIT: Yahoo's censored some of what I wrote. I meant "male and female genitalia".

Answer 21

cave men AREN'T real

Answer 22

To "the fool says there is no god", cavemen DID exist. How are you going to be on Yahoo! Answers, and you obviously don't keep up with Yahoo! news? There was a featured article on Yahoo! homepage a few days ago about a direct descendant from an ACTUAL caveman. Cavemen did exist.

I don't believe half the things in the bible anyways.

Answer 23

The Adam and Eve tale (like much else in the bible) is fiction.  But there are remains of various human species ancestors extending over the last several million years; some of these could be called cave men.

Answer 24

Just to be clear, "cave man" is not a scientifically meaningful phrase. Many types of hominids have occupied caves over the past several million years, some of them modern humans (think French cave paintings) and some of them distant ancestors that had only the dimmest sense of culture (like the australophithicines, presumably).

The various books of the bible were not written with any view towards scientific accuracy, as such accuracy was unavailable to the ancient composers of these myths. These "authors" were interested in spiritual and poetic "truth", not scientific realism.  

Answer 25

At first I thought this question was about me.  You people know how to hurt a guy.

There are several references to people and caves in the Old Testament:  Lot dwelt in a cave,  Abraham buried Sarah in a cave, David escaped to the cave, etc.

No, I don't think the bible nor true religion today supports the idea of cavemen dragging some chick by the hair of her head and grunting as he goes.

Answer 26

The cavemen concept was invented to accomodate evolution theory....and so you are correct...it is NOT in accord with Scripture...and in fact most neaderthal and odd bone fragments that were proported to be "ancestors" of humans have all been 'debunked' and shown to be false.....stick with the Scriptures.

Jesus said " From the beginning of Creation God made them male and female"

Answer 27

Cave men, you mean people that lived in caves? yes they did the Bible speaks of them,You only see images created by someone, not what they actually did or looked like or what they knew or thought.

They even drew pictures of dinosaurs on the walls. Have you seen them?

Funny that since they supposedly lived millions of years before man.