Mike Saterlee wrote:
>Jim,
>
>My position on this is a cross between that of Glenn's and Dick's.
>
>I believe Adam was a historical person who was created by God and inserted
>into an already populated world. I believe Bible chronology dates this event
>to 4,000 years before the birth of Christ. However, I do not believe that
>Adam was the first man who was created "in God's image." I do not believe
>that Adam differed in any way "spiritually" from the indigenous populations
>which surrounded Eden, other than being put under "law" by God. (Romans 5:13)
For a discussion of these kinds of options (from someone other than me) Davis
Young's article "Genesis Reconsidered" published in Christian Scholars Review is
online:
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/resources/CSRYoung.html
Dick Fischer - The Origins Solution - www.orisol.com
"The answer we should have known about 150 years ago"
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