On Sun, 01 Apr 2001 11:54:44 -0500 "Vince D. Calhoun" <vcalhoun@jhu.edu>
writes:
> At 08:33 PM 3/31/2001 -0500, Vandergraaf, Chuck wrote:
> >With "literal interpretation" I mean an actual Adam and Eve, walking
and
> >communing with God in a lush garden, surrounded by an impenetrable
wall
> >(remember the angels with flaming swords at the gates), a factual
murder of
> >Abel by Cain, the flooding of the entire world, an honest-to-goodness
> >floating axe head, the collapse of the walls of Jericho, etc.
> >
> >What changed your views from this interpretation?
>
> Are you saying that one has to abandon all these views to have a OEC
> viewpoint?
The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) holds the position that we
accept a variety of views on the age of the earth, but maintain the full
historicity of Genesis. This includes the creation of a genetically
unique Adam from dust and Eve from Adam's rib.
Bill
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