Re: Dick Fisher's "historical basis" remains no less doubtful

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:36:07 -0500 "jack syme" <drsyme@cablespeed.com>
writes:
> I have asked this question a couple of times, but my posts dont seem
> to be
> making it to the list. :( I am sorry if this is a problem on my
> end, or if
> this is redundant.
>
> But, I have a question for Dick regarding his early date of Adam.
>
> If Adam doesnt appear until sometime after 10000 BC, how are
> geographically
> distant Homo Sapiens Sapiens part of the family of Adam?
>
> If Adam was created late, by that time there were human people
> throughout
> most of the world, including Polynesia, Australia, and North
> America. How
> are these people then connected to Adam?
>
> If Adam is unique only in some spiritual sense, what does that mean
> for
> peoples that are not one of his descendants?

Jack,
These are related to questions which I have raised. Dick seems to think
that Adam's guilt was transferred to all human beings, whether his
descendants or not. I contend that, if the Fall is so transmitted, then
redemption must be equally transmitted and we have radical universalism.
It is possible, on Dick's view, that only those post-Adam "inherited" his
sin. This would seem to require that only those post-Resurrection receive
redemption. But this means that Abraham, though noted in Hebrews 11, must
not be redeemed and agnostic Ed will be. Of course, Fall and Resurrection
may be totally retroactive. Then the question arises about how far back
sin and redemption reach--to /Homo sapiens/ only; to /H. erectus/ or /H.
ergaster/; to australopithecines or all anthropoids? Since there were
thorns before 10,000 B.C., perhaps the effect of the Fall extended back
to the earliest creation, so even microbes will be redeemed. Will there
then be flu in heaven? Seems to me Dick opens up a can of adders.
Dave
Received on Sat Nov 13 18:21:49 2004