Jayjay

Something about the biblical law against incest occurred to me...

Presumably, incest was acceptable for Cain and his siblings, and later to Lot and his daughters. This can be justified by claiming that human genes were much more robust back then and there was no apparent danger in conceiving a child with a close relative. Anyway, this leads to another question: Is incest going to be allowed again when this world ends and the curse of fall is washed away in Jesus blood (or whatever)?

If there's something inherently bad about incest that makes it unacceptable to God even in perfect world, then why did his original plan for Adam and Eve pretty much demand incest to take place? Or was the idea that none of their children would be able to reproduce? This would certainly explain Eve's "mother of the world" title!

Magus55

Do you mean, will children be conceived between close relatives in Heaven? No, since no more procreation will happen. There is no marriage in Heaven, and conception outside of marriage is a sin.

And even if procreation did happen in Heaven, there are billions and billions of people now. You wouldn't need to procreate with a close relative.

Jayjay

That's interesting. I kind of assumed that "heaven" was supposed to be like the original garden, except with more people. Do you think that before Adam and Eve ate the fruit they were not married?

Yes, but the point is that incest would be no different from other forms of procreation. Either it's a sin, in which case it's banned in heaven and, or it's as normal as any other sexual relationship. (But since you don't seem to think there's going to be any hanky-panky in heaven, I see no need to continue this hypothetical.)

mark9950

Incest is a sick practice and for a god to be INCOMPETANT not to create enough people to prevent the practice is even sicker and a disgrace to human dna.

Makes me wander where jesus never outgrew his childish attitude.