Was it necessary to create anything?

[John V]

Ok, I see where you are coming from.

No, you don't.

Now, why did God think it was important not to mention to Cain and Abel that they had brothers and sisters? At the start of mankind, and also in Church, we were told that Adam and Eve were the first people on earth, then along came Cain and Abel as their children, with Enoch coming later. Cain murders Abel, and so we are left with three, yet according to you, God or the ancient scribes decided to leave out details that Adam had brothers and sisters, which would nullify the fact that he was the first man on earth.

Cain's brothers and sisters. I.e. other children of Adam and Eve. Since A&E were told to multiply and fill the earth, it's reasonable to conclude that they had lots of other children.

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If I had to guess, I'd say the majority of christians have never sat down and actually read the bible as a story, start to finish. I think most of them have looked at snippets, almost all of which are the popular ones recommended to sound the best by their priests or whatever. So in their mind, there is a consistent narrative to some degree and they don't think about all the gaping plot holes.

If I had to guess, I'd say the majority of atheists have never sat down and actually read the bible as a story, start to finish. I think most of them have looked at snippets, almost all of which are the unpopular ones recommended to sound the worst by other atheists on the internet. So in their mind, there are gaping plot holes and they don't actually try to tie it all together.