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

George Murphy wrote:

>But if this is true of all human beings, it was true fo the 1st humans (&
>how many there were or when they lived is of 2dary importance.)  That raises
>the question of how humanity came to be in this state.  It isn't sufficient
>just to say that we've always been that way, for that suggests that God
>created humanity (via the evolutionary process) as sinners, & thus that God
>is the creator of sin.

I'm just wondering. If I grasp what you are saying here,
this would mean that there really does have to be some sort
of historical Adam and Eve: be they homo erectus, modern human,
or whatever. Would it be wrong to see Adam and Eve as essentially
figurative characters intended mainly for instruction? Your point
seems to suggest that maybe this does have major theological
problems.

At least, it suggests that at some point, man (and woman)
brought sin into the world, and if this is just a story
about man's foolishness, t would not (in of itself) require
Christ to have to come to redeem us. Have I missed something?
 
Received on Sun Nov 14 19:19:08 2004