Should we interbreed with our family members?

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How can evolution bypass the overwhelming bad side affects of genetic mutations and cause a random mutation to benefit a species?

Well, I know the OP made the point of VALID/REALISTIC theory in the first post, but I just thought I'd point out that there is no scientific data to support the assumption that any mutation causes a beneficial gain in genetic material. All the mutations we have witnessed in the wild result in the LOSS of genetic material.

That said, there are certain things humans could definitely do without. Things like the appendix - it DOES have a function, but we can clearly live without it quite easily. Thousands of people are doing it right now =/. Or your tonsils. I had mine removed at age 4, and right now is the first time I've been very sick in the past 3 years =/. And the sick I'm talking about is something most people would consider to be pretty mild. Very light fever, plugged up head, mild headache, etc. I'm a pretty healthy dude, despite the fact that part of my immune system has been removed.

I'm not really sure wtf the point of this post was supposed to be. It just kind of evolved into this =/.

I also believe the same as the OP, that humans were created with the perfect genetic material, and as a result of the Fall, we have gradually acquired more and more genetic defects into the human gene pool. And that Adam & Eve's sons and daughters could have "interbred" with no complications in their offspring.

From both a religious & a secular standpoint, I'd have to say NO, interbreeding should not be allowed. It increased the opportunities for unbeneficial genetic mutations. If for some reason it was found that all of the sudden a lot of mutations were starting to be beneficial (ala X-Men....lol....) then from a purely secular standpoint (and being that we don't live in a theocracy....praise the Lord....) I'd have to say that there should be no problem in allowing such a thing.

Jam it back in, in the dark.