On Wed, 26 Jun 2002, Vernon Jenkins wrote:
> Gordon, just to broaden the scope of our discussion a little I
>think it would be
> helpful if we were to consider the key events which preceded the
>Flood. Here is my
> understanding of your position, as an evolutionist:
>
> * Adam was just one of many hominids who frequented the earth
>many thousands of
> years ago.
> * He was chosen by God to be the progenitor of a line of beings
>with whom He
> could enjoy fellowship.
> * What we read of the Fall relates specifically to him and his seed; his
> erstwhile companions - the other hominids - are therefore not
>involved , and
> are thus free from "original sin".
> * It was the wickedness of Adam's seed that brought the Flood
>down upon their
> heads - and, indeed, on all living things - within the
>confines of the "Land of
> Noah" (as Mike has it), ie Mesopotamia.
> * Elsewhere, life (and evolution) continued as before.
> * It must follow that the current world population is a complex
>mixture of the
> "sinless" and the "fallen" - for whom Jesus suffered and died.
>
> Please correct me if I have erred at some point. As it stands, it
>all sounds a
> hopeless mess which no Christian should touch with a bargepole!
>"The theological
> teaching of the Bible has traditionally been interpreted in the
>sense that all men
> except Noah and his family were destroyed." (Illustrated Bible
>Dictionary, p.511). I
> strongly recommend that we return to that view.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Vernon
Vernon,
You have erred at all points. I don't hold any of the positions you claim
to think I hold. You seem to think that just because I believe in an old
earth and a less than global flood, I must hold the same views on other
issues as you have seen others on this list propound. I don't.
Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395
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