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Old 06-23-2017, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Lottoguy View Post
Yes, your right. Peer review would be needed. While were at it, why do all of the middle ages artwork show Adam and Eve with a bellybutton? Think about that............take your time.
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ShutUpImTalking also or is the nearly exactly same phrase a coincidence?

"You know what's funny? Paintings of Adam & Eve where they both have belly buttons. Think about it, take as much time as you need."

There actually is a lot of "serious" material on this question. On one side are theologians who say as neither Adam nor Eve were ever attached to a placenta they would not have had a navel. This biology thinking seems to be out of place in a theological discussion.

Some have taken the side that Adam had a navel because later Jesus would have a navel and that this is the image being copied. And Adam had nipples too, which certainly were not needed for his biological success. So the "fact" that Adam had nipples is not disputed supports his also having a navel as both would be features not of biology but of copying the image of God. Theology tops biology if you have faith.

so now that you have "thought about it" do you still feel the certainty that Adam did not have a navel?
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