Re: The Oldest Homo Sapiens: Fossils Push Human Emergence Back To 195,000 Years Ago

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>If I understand Ross and his group correctly, there are NO creatures
>anatomically identical to /H. sapiens/. Dick wants to distinguish
>Adamites (7 Ka) from the rest on the human race, which is older. But
>Ross said that neanderthals were not human beings in one of his
>essays I read. If I recall correctly, he claims that human beings
>originated about 50 Ka. I haven't seen a response to the more recent
>"little people" from Flores Island described as similar to /H.
>erectus/.
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>Both Dick and Glenn hold that creatures evolved, so my question does
>not affect their views. But Ross holds that all creatures were
>directly created, with no more than microevolutionary changes
>involved. This provides that God created monocellular entities,
>followed by more complex ones produced by fiat, most of which became
>extinct, and finally created the most complex creatures, man last of
>all. How can an omniscient and omnipotent deity be so limited as to
>have to experimentally develop creatures that can finally function
>adequately? Why is his God so slow to catch on to what is
>functional? Ross's approach seems consonant with process theology,
>not orthodoxy.
>Dave

Dave,

I've never understood this accusation. Can't God do whatever he
wants? Even in his special creation.

TG

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