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Is incest okay?
No, incest is not okay. Incest is the sexual
relations between family members either by birth or marriage. God
has forbidden this in the Bible.
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Lev. 20:11-12, "If there is a
man who lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his
father’s nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death,
their bloodguiltiness is upon them. 12 ‘If
there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them
shall surely be put to death; they have committed incest, their
bloodguiltiness is upon them."
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Lev. 20:19-21, "You shall
also not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of
your father’s sister, for such a one has made naked his blood
relative; they shall bear their guilt. 20 ‘If there
is a man who lies with his uncle’s wife he has uncovered his
uncle’s nakedness; they shall bear their sin. They shall die
childless. 21 ‘If there is a man who takes his
brother’s wife, it is abhorrent; he has uncovered his brother’s
nakedness. They shall be childless."
But some may
point out that Adam and Eve had children and since there were no other
people around, their children would have had to commit incest in order
to produce more children. At the time of creation, the genetic
line was pure. It wasn't until later, at the time of Moses, that
incest was then forbidden as the
genetic pool became less and less able to stand interbreeding. "‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual
relations. I am the LORD," (Lev.
18:6).
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