Special Creation

In all of this discussion about geneologies, mtDNA, and Adam, an important theological point is not getting pushed aside somewhat and that is the idea of special creation. Was Adam created out of the dust of the earth as a new creature or not?

In the evolutionary model humans are part of the tree of life. We all have a common ancestor that utlmately evolved into chimpanzees, gorillas, and humans. So we are geneticall connected to primates, and mammals to a lesser extent, and all vertebrates, etc etc. And in fact the scientific evidence supports this. We have been focusing lately on templetons autosomal analysis of human migration. But MHC loci, psudogenes, and chromosomal banding patterns, clearly connect us to apes.

So the scientific evidence suggests that we have to abandon the idea that our progenitor, whether it was 100k or 1.5 Ma, was created out of nothing with no connection to the rest of the tree of life.

At this point, I am leaning towards Dick's view. If the creation of man means nothing about his actual first appearance (in a biological sense) then there is no reason to make Adam a homo erectus. I am concerned about Glenn's argument against evidence for a substantial flood in neolithic times, which I think is the strongest argument against Dick's view, (and this would apply to Phil's view also).
Received on Wed Mar 1 07:26:28 2006