Yes, I have noticed this and have asked about it before. No witness or any other religion ever saw a problem with what I saw as two creations of humankind. I asked a few elders and my study conductors. They said that the first account is just a generalised over view.
I said it didn't look like that to me. I really looks as though Adam and Eve were another matter, quite a separate matter from the first creation account. These two were to be in a sort of paradise. The rest was outside getting on with .........what ever process was happening.
That is why I found it interesting that God mentions things like weeds and such as things that are outside of this other perfect place. The bible really states that men and women were created before Adam. No one has ever been interested in this point until now.
It would make sense of so much as far as I'm concerned. Our evolution for example, the evolution of creatures and all else that was coming into existence. If only someone could engage on this topic without becoming either angry or trying to talk way over my head,...it would be of great interest to me.......perhaps you too
I also see this two creations thing as a threat to those who would like to keep mankind tied to religions. They (other religions) may feel very threatened by the conclusions we could reach about our descendants, our earth's continued changes, maybe it could cast doubt about the extent of the flood account. Especially if it is seen from the perspective of Adam and Eve being the only couple that are mentioned as important enough to merit God's attention. All the rest of mankind were left out of this particular....pact, or so to speak. It would make sense of so much that I cannot come to terms with in the Christian bible.
