Something to look at

[morgsboi]

Came across this on Facebook. Any thoughts?

[zapatos]

They are not actual pictures of Adam and Eve.

[morgsboi]

They are not actual pictures of Adam and Eve.

I know that but why would they be drawn with them?

[zapatos]

I know that but why would they be drawn with them?

Maybe they had them.

[morgsboi]

Maybe they had them.

 

But how would they have them if it is where they are cut from the umbilical cord?

[zapatos]

But how would they have them if it is where they are cut from the umbilical cord?

I don't know why you are singling out the belly button. How would they have any body part at all? If you didn't come from parents then all of your body parts were 'created' for you. Surely if you can build a brain you can build a belly button.

[Villain]

But how would they have them if it is where they are cut from the umbilical cord?

 

You've just proven Adam and Eve and this is the thing that bothers you?

[morgsboi]

You've just proven Adam and Eve and this is the thing that bothers you?

 

No, as I said in the post 'Came across this on Facebook'. I was only wondering what peoples views of it were.

[zapatos]

It's kind of like a bumper sticker. A good sound bite if it falls in line with your views, but it's really rather trivial.

[imatfaal]

Not sure that a 15/16th Century painter really had the knowledge (especially as Durer had no children of his own) to understand what the navel was - even an artist as interested in human anatomy and form as Durer was. You can see that his famous engraving of a Rhinoceros has the animal covered in plates - rather than heavy skin; any child could look this up today - but Durer had never seen a rhino only heard descriptions. It could be dangerous and difficult to seek knowledge of human anatomy and the mysteries of birth and perhaps, even if Durer understood the paradox it might have been safer for him to play ignorant. Frankly, I can forgive slight logical paradoxes from a man who can paint like this

 

Edited March 15, 2012 by imatfaal

[Phi for All]

You've just proven Adam and Eve and this is the thing that bothers you?

"Proven" Adam and Eve?! What is THAT supposed to mean? You think posting an artist's rendition is proof that the actual people they represent existed?

 

[John Cuthber]

Oddly the people are drawn as white skinned, whereas the (albeit rather limited) genetic evidence says the first people were dark skinned.

The navels were probably just an oversight, but the skin colour verges on propaganda.

 

I tend to agree with Imatfaal's point about the beauty of the second painting.

 

 

(in case anyone's wondering, I'm as white as they are, but I don't think it's because I was made in any God's image)