Re: death and sin

From: Graham Richard Pointer (grp1@st-andrews.ac.uk)
Date: Fri Feb 16 2001 - 15:05:14 EST

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    On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Jeff Witters wrote:

    > I got a call from my father, a Nazarene minister, the other night. One of
    > the flock (a quiet agronimist) got pulled into a c/e discussion at work, got
    > leveled by a stumper, and came to Dad wondering how to resolve the question.
    >
    > So, I am trying to pull together some resources for him on the topic of
    > "original sin" and its effects on creation. Specifically these are in
    > answer to Sure-Fire Evolutionist Stumper #371: Evolution can't possibly be
    > true because the Bible teaches that no death existed before the Fall.

    In Rom 5:12 it talks about death coming to men by Adam's sin. There is
    also the question of how did Adam and Eve know what death was if they'd
    never seen a dead animal?

    Graham

    > I know that many have addressed this issue and I already have some
    > materials. I am especially looking for anything from a TE perspective. Any
    > help would be greatly appreciated. Any tips on getting the search funtion
    > to work on the listserv archives would be great too.
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Jeff Witters
    >
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    Graham Richard Pointer
    Dept of Physics and Astronomy
    North Haugh
    St Andrews
    Fife
    KY16 9SS
    Scotland

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