Chicken or the egg

The God-addled among us like to say, "It's (insert unbearable whine here) Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve." OK, let's take that premise and follow it merrily down its path. If there were just Adam and Eve, where did the rest of the populace come from? Incest, obviously. Kinda gives new meaning to the Christian "Family Values" babble, doesn't it?

If Adam and Eve were the first human beings--an instance that occured only 8000 years ago or thereabouts, so they also tell us--we still had to come from somewhere. Why worry about Adam and Steve when the truly Christian thing is to bang your sister or mother, or invite little Jimmy into Mommy's boudoir. Now, with that and Darwinism out of the way, let's all go skipping mindlessly back into the Middle Ages. Bush, Delay & Rove Inc., will be happy to lead the parade, brandishing crosses, waving flags, blaring trumpets, and take us to the gates of Hell where we properly belong, turn their limo around and the Blessed Trinity will be driven back to their expensive digs at Congress and the White House.

Sometimes I wonder.