Hi Mike, you wrote:
>I think it is just as easy for us to explain that the creating of man in
>God's image involved giving highly evolved primates moral consciences, minds
>that were able to understand spiritual things, and most importantly, eternal
>spirits.
Moral conscience, I don't think so. We learn our moral system from
our culture.
If we were head hunters, we would shrink human heads. Eternal spirit? Why
waste an immortal soul on a creature without giving him a means to redeem it?
>I tell people that Gen.1:26,27 describes God's creation of the human race
>prior to His creation of Adam and Eve. When I do I point out to them that
>Gen. 1:26,27 does not tell us exactly how God then made man. Gen. 2:7 tells
>us that God made Adam from the dust of the ground. However, Gen:1:26,27 does
>not tell us what materials God used to make the preadamic human race.
No, but people seem to denote a difference between creation and
evolution. The word
bara means God-originated creation.
>I think either way of explaining things works just fine. It would, however,
>be nice if we could agree on this matter.
I have just had longer to think about it. Lots of sleepless nights
for lots of years ...
> I guess it would be a lot easier at this point for me to agree with
>you, rather than
>vise versa.
This is the sound of me holding my breath.
Yours in Christ,
Dick Fischer - The Origins Solution - www.orisol.com
"The answer we should have known about 150 years ago"
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