I don't know. My teacher counted off for this on one of my papers, but I think that when God made Eve, he made her out of Adams rib. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

Nope, we have the same rib count. Here's something else that disproves the story early life was asexual meaning it had both sex organs and reproduced without the need for a mate at all. It was only later when nature needed a way to control overpopulation that the sexes split into two distinct ones. And when all life starts out it starts out female. As far a sceintists can see it's the male sex that is a mutation of the female. Why? Because the design of the female body would be able to both germinate and carry offspring while the male could not.

The same but some times it's ribbed for her pleasure though.

That's like saying all a male amputee's sons will be born missing an arm, isn't it? Whether or not you believe the story of Adam and Eve 9I actually don't -- at least not in the most literal), the fact that men and women have the same amount of ribs is really not convincing evidence against...

Both men and women have 24 ribs in their body, 12 on each side. There are 9 rows of normal ribs, and 3 rows of "false ribs" which connect to the ribs above them. And while it would have been an interesting piece of evidence if God had left a rib out of each male, the fact is that our DNA specifies that we are all to have 24 ribs (12 on each side). DNA is the blueprint for life, so it carries on the information that essentially puts us together, regardless of whether we've lost any part of our body or not. For more information, see these Wikipedia articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rib_cage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_ribs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA

For God's sake, why???

I could do wiv a spare rib.. wiv some sauce and a coke..!!

It was a one time event... sorry...

This question was already asked in 2006 and this persons answer is more articulated than I could put it so I'm giving you this persons answer. "purefusion answered - Jun 20 2008 2 points - Both men and women have 24 ribs in their body, 12 on each side. There are 9 rows of normal ribs, and 3 rows of "false ribs" which connect to the ribs above them. And while it would have been an interesting piece of evidence if God had left a rib out of each male, the fact is that our DNA specifies that we are all to have 24 ribs (12 on each side). DNA is the blueprint for life, so it carries on the information that essentially puts us together, regardless of whether we've lost any part of our body or not. For more information, see these Wikipedia articles: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rib_cage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_ribs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA"

Religion does not say that, or at least the Bible does not say that. The story stems from Adam's rib being used to form Eve, though saying that all members of a gender will lack a rib is foolish. If I have my leg amputated, my child won't be missing a leg, for the dna doesn't change, even if the body does. Religion is dangerous for it jades and confuses.

Sometimes well-meaning people try to make harmless little additions to create a more interesting story. It isn't always about the Bible. It can be found everywhere.

Looks like we've all been hoodwinked again:(

I dont remember reading anywher that Eve had one less rib, I do remember reading that she was taken from Adam rib cage though. Heh, Maybe I need to re-read it.

The only way anything like that would make sense would be if men had one less rib since God is said to have taken a rib from Adam to create Eve.

Just a fun parallel: How do you identify Adam and Eve? They're the two without navels.

Silly question where do you think a man's "boner" comes from? That little rib is not lost it just wants to get back inside a women.

Even if Man did have one less rib (or one less something, or one extra something), you'd have to believe that a story would have been made up to explain it, even though the story is fictional. In essence, it wouldn't be convincing evidence to prove the Bible's account of Genesis to be true.

I have a dumb sister. She is an RN. And yet because she takes the Bible story of creation insists men have one less rib. I go count em! 24, 12 on each side. Look at the exrays. If theres one missing the guy had surgery to remove it. And that would put him out of balance with 12 on one side and 11 on the other. Gee! I pity her patients.

Yes God took one from Adam and gave it to Eve. How much more did God take from Adam to give to Eve? All his money perhaps? hahaha

I like the story of Adam's first wife Lilith better. God made both of them from clay at the same time. Things didn't work out though. Lilith thought she was Adam's equal and wanted to "sleep" on top. So they broke up and Lilith became a screaming demon, and she is where men get nasty wet dreams from. And Lilith gives birth to a thousand or so every night.

Well, who's to say how many ribs man had BEFORE one was removed.... maybe god made woman from the one rib to have the same number than man had AFTER the rib was removed. ----- The truth is, you won't find evidence for anything in creation stories of Genesis... they are amalgamations of all the creation myths popular when they were written down. Genesis contains 2 entirely different creation myths that are contradictory to one another... ----- The Bible is a collection of stories with loose historical context, written by authors of faith for other believers to teach and reinforce matters of faith. It is not, nor was ever meant to be, a scientific ("proof") text.

Trouble with Christians is they put all their faith in the Bible while discarding all the other Jewish holy books, like the Talmud, Midrash, Kabala, Rabbnic Works, Tur, Siddur etc. That is akin to Christians putting their entire belief into just the Book of Genesis. They use only a small part they like and find convenient and toss out the rest. But most Christians aren't this narrow minded. It is packed it to just the more radical fundamentalist types that keep the rest of us entertained by their ignorance. My all time favorite is that Ark display in Kansas showing Noah loading a couple T-Rexes aboard the Ark. And behind those 7 Borontosaurs as they were considered "clean" dinos. Some genius fundamentalist Christian will have to think very hard to top that. Oh, and of course they insist this all happened just 5768 years ago.

I believe the Bible says Eve was made from a rib of Adam but it does not indicate how many he had or how many she would have.

I have to add. You aren't ever going to find evidence for the Adam & Eve Story. It is pure myth. Someone made it up trying to explain how things began to a bunch of tent dwelling, goat herders living about 3000 years ago. And back then, they didn't have TV and radio, so religion was the entertainment. So they got the best audience reactions by spinning the biggest tales. I think the creation story, Ark, the wealth of Solomon and birth, death and resurrection of Jesus are the biggest myths in the entire book. Well add in Moses. That one is a rehash about Sargon the Great. His mother put him in a basket, sent him down the Euphrates etc. Only his father was god. So they used him a lot for Jesus as well. And of course Alexander the Great said his father was Zeus. And they couldn't let Jesus be less since Al had conquered the world with that claim.

Intresting thought So, why would anyone think that? The notion that women have an extra set of ribs is probably based on a misinterpretation of some Bible verses in Genesis. The actual quote is: But for Adam, no suitable helper was found. So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the place with flesh. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and brought her to the man. (Genesis 2: 20b - 22, NIV © 1983 by Zondervan Corp.) Notice what this doesn’t say. It doesn’t say anything about how many ribs Adam had before or after this “surgery,” and especially it says nothing, whatsoever, about how many ribs Eve had! Nowhere does it say that Eve had more ribs than Adam. Who made that assumption without checking? Wouldn't it be just as logical to guess (also without checking) that if she was created “second” that God might have made her with the same number of ribs as the new, reduced number that Adam now had? Wouldn’t it really be more logical to guess that God might have created her with the same number of ribs as Adam just to avoid confusion? Genesis doesn't say one way or the other, so the only way to know is to cut open cadavers and start counting. Who has done that — the theologians or the biologists? My guess is that, once again, if human misinterpretations are set aside and if it is remembered that theology looks at “why” while science looks at “how,” there is no “conflict” between what the Bible, itself, is saying and what biologists know to be true about our bodies. http://biology.clc.uc.edu/Courses/bio105/ribs.htm , Copyright © 2001 by J. Stein Carter. All rights reserved.

first off I love how some of these posts declare Creationism as a myth. It takes more faith to believe in Evolution than Creationism. Has anyone ever heard of the law of conservation of mass/matter. Which is the what the 1st law of thermodynamics is based upon. Pretty much saying that mass cannot be created or destroyed only rearranged. Well if mass cannot be created or destroyed then how the heck did we evolve into what we are today. Didn't the mass have to come from somewhere? Another point is how many things on this planet that are not breathing lifeforms create life? A rock cannot create life. Only Life can create Life. So how could a speck of dust create life? Or something out of nothing came something. Even if it were an ameoma (I think I mispelled it) where did it come from? Another point I want to make is how can something chaotic become organized without someone of a greater knowledge fixing it. If I broke a watch into a thousand pieces and left it alone for a thousand years when i got back it would still be in a thousand pieces. Only someone of greater knowledge than the watch can create it, fix it, or understand it. The last point I would like to point out is using science we can only test what is observable or testable. Neither Creation or Evolution is observable or testable because none of us witnessed either of them. Therefore they both are beliefs or hypothesis not theories. Also note I didn't use the Bible at all to prove these facts, all are logical points. :) Anyways later P.S. yes those kind of character traits are not passed down from the parents to the offspring. If I dyed my hair blue my offspring would not have blue hair. So men has the same number of ribs as women.

There is no 'scientific' proof either way. For those to say God created all - No proof, thats why it's called faith. So keep on believing in your faith and God. For those who believe we evolved from nothing, well there is again NO proof. So keep believing in evolution. I think posting your opinions are great but really, trying to convince either side to convert to a particular belief is mad. If God created the earth and us, then Christians are safe. If we all evolved from nothing and subsequently die to nothing then No one will ever know and again NO proof. Good luck to the unbelievers and God bless those who do. :)

Do you mean, one less rib on one side? Or, one less pair of ribs?

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