Problem: Did anyone ascend into heaven before Jesus or not? Several biblical passages mention people who were caught up into heaven. Yet, Jesus argues in John three that no one had ascended into heaven. So which is it? Did anyone ascend into heaven before Jesus?
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Problem: Genesis states that Adam lived for 930 years. Is this really feasible?
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Problem: Did people really live hundreds of years according to Genesis?  Yes, they did.  But, why?
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Problem: Where did Cain get his wife? Cain got his wife by marrying one of his sisters. Shortly after the time of creation, human genetics was pure. Inbreeding would not have any problems. So, Cain married one of his sisters. This may sound foreign to the modern ear, but it wasn’t back then.

In Genesis 4:16-17 it says,

“Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 17 And Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son.”
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Problem: Genesis teaches that Cain and Abel were the first two descendents of Adam and Eve. But, in a moment of fear and panic, Cain told God that “whoever finds me will kill me” (Gen. 4:14), and later, Genesis states that “Cain had relations with his wife” (Gen. 4:17). Where did these other people come from?
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Problem: Genesis records, “So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground. 4 Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and for his offering; 5 but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell” (Gen. 4:3-5). Some commentators argue that God favored Abel’s sacrifice because it was a blood sacrifice, rather than a fruit sacrifice. Thus Abel’s sacrifice prefigures the ultimate sacrifice of Christ. Is this the case?
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Problem: How many Gods are there, one or many?  The Bible speaks of both one and many.  There is only one God in actuality, but there are many false gods that idolators believe in.
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Problem: The Douah-Rheims Bible (the standard Roman Catholic English Bible until the middle of the twentieth century) reads: “I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and they seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel” (Gen. 3:15). Here, the descendant of Eve is a woman, who will crush the work of Satan (“She shall crush they head…”). Does this picture Mary—Jesus’ mother—as co-redemptrix?
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