Quote - one other thing: altho I qualify as a christian (e.g. not jewish, muslim, hindu, buddhist et al.)
I got confused about the part in the bible where apparently eve was the only woman, but cain
and abel musta had kids, so where did their wives come from?

I believe it was "Asimov's guide to the bible" had some interesting speculation on that. If I recall correctly he says that it was possible that the individuals in the genesis stories were not single people but rather groups or societies and the stories represent things that were happening more widely. For example the story of Adam and Eve getting kicked out of the garden of Eden was a representation of the shift from nomadic life to agrarian life. The tree of knowledge was the knowledge of sewing crops which tied the people to one location  and ment they had to work the land. Thus they could not live the free roaming lifestyle that was the "garden of eden".

but then others just say the bible doens't cover everything that happened.

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