The Biblical Adam and Eve were real people

Thank you for this debate, Pro, and I'm sorry that you misunderstood the round structure. You had ample opportunity to present your own viewpoints in round 2; I assure you that I wasn't attempting to dominate the whole argument. I hope our future debates will go more smoothly. Final DefenseCon cites a quote from Bible.org, which reads "...are we not driven to the conclusion that in the early history of the race, there was the need for intermarriage of the children of the same pair?" Yes, absolutely! From Neolithic tribes to ancient Egyptian dynasties, there has been a lot of inbreeding in ancient human history. But there is at least some genetic variation; Scripture would tell us that our genes can be traced back to only two individuals, the least variation humanly possible. That's the point I was driving at. All children are simply a combination of their mother's and father's DNA; therefore, if Genesis was right, every human on this planet would be simply a different mixture of Adam and Eve, which seems highly unlikely to me. Pro quoted Romans 5 to refute my argument that God contradicted Himself, and I must admit that he was correct. These verses concisely explain why incest was permissible before the days of Moses, and I was ignorant of the quote before he brought it to my attention. So I will give that point to Pro, and I trust he is quite pleased with himself. But on the scientific front, which this debate mostly rests on, I remain mostly unrefuted. For his final argument, Pro copies and pastes a lengthy description of the pigment melanin. He gave a total of six consecutive paragraphs ripped directly from the article. This is unnecessary, irrelevant to the debate, and borders on plagiarism. Anyway, it isn't that simple. The races have slight genetic differences, not just different skin colors. For example, those of African descent are far more likely to have sickle-cell anemia due to their natural resistance to malaria. Besides, it would take over ten thousand years for sunlight to have any noticeable effect on melanin levels [1], but according to creationists, the universe has only been around for six thousand. Conclusion I began this debate by presenting scientific evidence as to why Adam and Eve could not have existed, backing it up with quotes from Scripture. Pro, due to a large misunderstanding, stuck to refuting my arguments without presenting any evidence for his side. He has succeeded in rebuking my theological argument about God contradicting Himself with a verse from Romans 5. For point 2 alone, I'll admit, I was wrong. However, my scientific evidence, the focus of this debate, has gone largely untouched by Pro. All he has delivered thus far is a sourceless generalization that you can't trust fossil records, and an essay on melanin yanked straight from Wikipedia. In the comments, he states that I "failed to present any viable reasons why Adam and Eve were not real but presented these false dichotomy either/or situations attacking the bible". Somehow, Pro fails to see how archaeology, evolution, genetics, and ancient history could possibly ever influence an argument about whether or not Adam and Eve existed. And daring to question the Bible on a logical level is "attacking" it, as we all know. Pro believes that I should be penalized because I asked questions during my opening argument, questions that I was expecting to be answered during round 3. Voters, take that however you will. While I'll admit this did not go the way I intended, I again thank Pro for his argument, and wish him the best of luck during the voting period. SOURCES: 1. http://humanorigins.si.edu...