Was it necessary to create anything?

[RobertE]

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.

First of all, you are not speaking to an imbecile, you are speaking to someone who speaks English natively. Secondly, I do know what "brothers and sisters", are, they happen to be the children of my parents. So, you need to stop with your condescending and your arrogance for a start. Now that is out of the way, I will explain only briefly. As Robvalue has already pointed out, there are various parts of the bible that are not communicated to the "flock." The most famous stories that have come out of the bible have been Adam and Eve, the snake, Garden of Eden, Noahs ark, Moses and his tablets, Jesus being born, how the world was created etc. As anyone of the "flock", who killed the most out of God and Satan and they will say categorically that it was Satan who killed the most people. In reality, it couldn't be anymore wrong, with God committing genocide on the scale of Rwanda proportions, perhaps more so, and not only once but many times. Either the "flock", have never read the bible in its entirety, which means that they cannot be all that faithful to begin with, or they don't want to know the truth. I will end with this though just for you. The work has just begun on the analysis and it will take some time to do, and I will be cross-referencing names, dates etc.