RE: ASPM allele origin dated to Adam's time

I have raised this point many times. While Dick is not going to misuse it, I
fear others would. The late Adam view makes my wife a descendant of Adam
and me not. While she might like such a view (being able to cite another
reason I should treat her well), I don't. It separates group from group. As
Chris mentions, the treatment of the Native Americans was abysmal and it was
because many thought they were not descendants of Adam. It took 3 papal
encyclicals to grant human status to them--and that in and of itself shows
how dangerous making people not descendants of Adam is.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu
> [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Barden
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 11:20 PM
> To: George Murphy
> Cc: Glenn Morton; Dick Fischer; ASA
> Subject: Re: ASPM allele origin dated to Adam's time
>
>
> I don't know what Glenn was specifically thinking about that
> was "dangerous", but I for one would be concerned this would
> revive all sorts of eugenic arguments. What's more, it could
> be turned into a troubling apologetic for why many
> generations of Native Americans, Aztecs, etc. were denied God's favor.
>
> On the other hand, I bet Alvin Plantinga would love this
> article, as it provides (albeit shaky) evidence for God's
> "design plan" introducing the sensus divinitatus and giving
> us warrant to believe in Him.
>
> Chris
>
> On 10/21/05, George Murphy <gmurphy@raex.com> wrote:
> >
> > Why is this a problem? In the Lutherbibel God talks to Adam in
> > German.
> >
> > Shalom
> > George
> > http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Glenn Morton
> > To: 'Dick Fischer' ; 'ASA'
> > Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 9:49 AM
> > Subject: RE: ASPM allele origin dated to Adam's time
> >
> >
> > This borders on the dangerous. This gene is more prevalent
> in Europe
> > than elsewhere. Are we now going to start saying that Adam was a
> > European? I have big problems with that.
>
Received on Sat Oct 22 00:59:43 2005