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From: cher@ihlpm.UUCP (Mike Cherepov)
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Subject: More on biblical incest (to Dan Boskovich)
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Date: Fri, 29-Mar-85 17:10:37 EST
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> > When God took away his permission to commit incest - how
> > could it have been done? ....
> > When did this major change of policies took place?
> > How was the announcement made?
> > I do not, to be sure, expect you to have exact answers, but
> > rather would be interested in opinion of modern theology.
> 
> 
>   The first time that incest is referred to in the Bible is in Leviticus
>   chap.20. Here, God is giving Isreal the Law. The Law strictly forbids
>   any act of incest. Up until that time, God never addressed the issue.
> 
>   So as you see, God did not impose a sudden change of heart and a
>   consequent new Law on the world, but mercifully presented the solution
>   to a serious problem. This problem of course was brought on by mankinds
> 
> 					    Dan Boskovich

These are the pieces of rather informative reply, but I was asking
about technical details:
When God announced the new policy some folks must have been married
to their siblings. What happened to those couples? Were they
given exemption and allowed to continue with their lifestyle?
Or... You know what I mean.
Also, as we know, animals do not do those things any more.
They must have been producing offspring with members of their
brood who happened to be of opposite sex.
Not anymore. Was it direct God's intervention that influenced them?
They could not have had same problems as humans - their genes
were not negatively affected by Adam's sin.

Any theories on that?
                            Mike Cherepov