commits Original Sin. (11) Some have said that the species of animals that exist today comprise less than 1% of what has inhabited this planet since it began. Over 99% of all the species which once roamed the earth are now extinct. If we can get a handle on the magnitude of what a naming problem would be like with the thousands of species in existence today, multiply those species one hundred fold, and then have Adam name ALL of them in one day. It must have been a sight to behold. Adam would have been naming animals faster than a greased bullet. Also keep in mind; he also would have been tending the Garden of Eden during this (Gen. 2:15). No wonder he was looking for a helper (Gen. 2:20). As a perfect ending to a busy day, Adam has a portion of his side removed, and a wife presented to him (Gen. 2:21-22). That certainly would have kept his first few hours on earth, well, interesting. Archer says, ?It must have required some years, or, at the very least, a considerable number of months for him to complete this comprehensive inventory of all the birds, beasts, and insects that populated the Garden of Eden. Finally, after this assignment with all its absorbing interest had been completed, Adam felt a renewed sense of emptiness. Genesis 2:20 ends with the words ?but for Adam no suitable helper was found.? After this long experience as a lonely creature, God saw that Adam was emotionally prepared for a wife??a suitable helper.? God, therefore, subjected him to a deep sleep, removed from his body the bone that was his rib, and from that physical core of man fashioned the first woman. Finally God presented woman to Adam in all her fresh, unspoiled beauty. Archer says, ?... it has become very apparent that Genesis 1 was never intended to teach that the sixth creative day, when Adam and Eve were both created, lasted a mere twenty-four hours. In view of the long interval of time between these two, it would seem to border on sheer irrationality t...
