As a Christian, I often got angry at science for trying to prove that Adam was not the first man when I was much younger.  Science claimed that the first man, Adam, was too young to be considered the first man on planet earth.  They claimed that the oldest upright man looking creature was a female called Lucy and that she was about 4.2 million years old.  They also discovered another human fossil older than Lucy about two years ago that was about 4.4 million years old.  If this is true, then how do we justify Adam as the first man, when he is not more than 10,000 years old according to Biblical calculations in Genesis 5? 

Another contradiction between Biblical or creation interpretation and science is that the preachers of the word believe that mankind originated from Mesopotamia in Iraq, but science says that the original man must have been an African from between Upper Egypt (bottom of Egypt), Sudan and Ethiopian region, also knows as Cush / Kush, and Tanzania.  The last area of conflict on this issue is that science claims that the Biblical records are wrong and must be updated, but the creationist says that the word of God is a solid fact.  To find out if Adam is really the first man, we must be able to investigate the age of the oldest man, the origins of the oldest man, and any evidence if the Bible has some flaws in its writings.   As a Christian who believes in the purpose of science, I believe I should be one of the best incorruptible and unbiased judges in this matter.

Lastly, is the Biblical account wrong about creation?  So far the Bible agrees with science that the land of creation and the Garden of Eden is in Cush.  So the disagreement is the age of the original man.  Let us see if the Bible can speak for itself, instead of relying on its preachers to do so.  In Genesis 4, After God tells Cain that he was banished from Eden, Cain pleads with God that anyone who finds him will kill him.  Who are these people?  It should only be his parents left since Abel is dead, but his parents never touched him.  God never tells Cain that he is being dramatic; he agrees with Cain that his life will be in danger, so he gives him a mark of protection.  According to “The Political and Spiritual Purpose of the Holy Land”, it claims that in that part of Africa, like they still do today, tribal marks of identity is very important.  It serves as a form of visa and passport to identify citizens and those of have the right to belong there.  This was the mark Cain received and was now at peace to move on away from God and Eden.  Cain in the land of Nod marries a wife and has a son.  It is true that Adam had many children, but Cain could not have married his sister because by the time Cain left, Adam was childless.  This is why Eve testified that her new child (not son) was going to replace Abel.

In the land of Nod, the people were already building cities, making musical instruments, making tools out of iron and bronze, marrying two wives, and naming inheritance after their children.  So when Cain got to Nod from Eden, people were already collecting rent or money for homes, they were already playing music for entertainment, polygamy was already a trend, and they were already preventing other from encroaching on one’s inheritance.  This means that the Bible speaking for itself agrees with science that the original man is older than Adam in Genesis 4, and that the original man has nothing to do with Mesopotamia in Genesis 11.  According to “The Political and Spiritual Purpose of the Holy Land”, Adam must have been the first prophet or person mankind could record in Cush.  It appears that there is a period of 4 millions years between Genesis 1 and Genesis 2.