Sure, it MUST be literal because as we know the Lord never spoke in metaphors or parables...
Maybe the Lord was talking philosophically that since the beginning of human consciousness we have sinned and forsaken God?
If the Bible is exact historically, then explain Cain's wife. It's NOT in the Bible, and there ARE no other children from Adam and Eve until after Seth (which happens after Cain's wife gives birth to Enoch).
Apparently Cain had a wife that was not born or Adam and Eve (if you read the Bible literally). So where did she come from, since there weren't any other people at that time except for Adam, Eve, and Cain?
By the logic you’re using there were not any daughters born to Eve nor most every other matriarch in the Bible - at least not until and unless explicitly mentioned. The most ridiculous assertations come from people who don’t truly study God’s Word and then mangle it further trying to interweave it w/ evolution.
Is doesn’t take a rocket scientist to determine that Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters (Gen 5:4). Were there any daughters born between Cain and Abel or how about Abel and Seth? There must have been which must also imply that when Cain became a wanderer, a sister of his must surely have followed after him at some point.
It would not be considered incest - not as that which is prohibited in the modern day to avoid birth defects - not the same at all when the newly created DNA is perfect and pure. And it would be required for the survival of any species where God created them male and female.
Also have you not heard of a literary device called fast forward? Do you know for certain the chain of events that were happening in Adam and Eve’s lives when Cain settled with his Wife in the land of Nod? Or how about the beginnings of civilization in Gen 4:17-22?
Apparently we are supposed to believe that you failed English and therefore can not distinguish literal text (Gen 1), from metaphors and parables (mostly New Testament stories), symbolics (Revelation), and even fast forwards. Yet you are intelligent enough to understand all the inner-workings of evolution enough to distinguish truth from error.
Listen pal, every book I’ve read on evolution resembles fairy tales using many of the same literary devices much moreso than any truly scientific research text. Have you not noticed any conjecture (and lack of scientific data) in Darwin’s precious Origins book? And let us not forget Darwin’s esteemed educational credentials either!