Favorite Surprise

One of my favorite surprise questions was while teaching a group of high school students.  While discussing Genesis 1 and 2, out of the blue one student asked, “Since Eve was created from Adam’s rib, does that mean they had the same DNA?”   “Good question!”  I replied.  “What do you think?”  “Well, they would have to, right?”  was the agreed reply.  “Do you think it was exactly the same, or did God make a few changes?”   Pause for thinking, then “Oh, yeah, ’cause Eve was a girl, so they couldn’t be exactly the same.”  “Right, God would have made the necessary changes from male to female, and I bet she was cuter than Adam, too, don’t you?”  “Yeah, I hope so!”  We then continued on by discussing the vast amount of genetic information needed to end up with all of the different people groups (NOT different races), because there is only one race–the human race.  It was a very fun and memorable conversation.