Re: Special Creation

Lets keep in mind here that I am trying to make the claim
that the RTB model is inconsistent with the scientific
evidence. I think there are multiple lines of evidence
that could do that. But in this thread I am focusing on
the creation of man. I am not trying to create a new
model of the creation of man.

In the RTB model, modern man was specially created about
100k years ago without any genetic connection to other
existing hominids, because according to Ross they were not
human. David is trying to fit the genetic data and still
support the RTB theory by having the phrase the "dust of
the earth" mean existing genetic material. Ross claims
that Man is God's ultimate creation, and that after man
was created he rested, and all other creation prior to
this point was leading to the creation of Man.

So, which is more likely that man eventually arrived
through evolution and common descent, with all of the
genetic material from ancestors, or that God making a new
creation that was supposed to live with him eternally on
Earth, but included all the prior "mistakes" that came
from evolution? If Man was God's ultimate perfect
creation, why include all of the errors? That seems to me
like a contradiction. You are correct, I cant know why
God did what he did, but honestly it makes no sense.

As far as putting man into a world with evil? I dont know
what that means. Were there homo's killing homo's and
animals dying before man appeared? Of course there was,
but is that evil? Man was placed in a walled garden, he
was to have a relationship with God. I would think that
despite all of the potential dangers out there God was
planning on taking care of his new creation in this Garden
of Eden that he made for him.

On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 08:31:47 -0600
  "Walley, John " <John.Walley@BellSouth.com> wrote:
>
>
> This makes the same faulty presumptions that the YEC's
>make is assuming
> you know the purpose and plan of God's Creation. They
>deny death before
> the fall of Adam simply by saying "God wouldn't do that"
>which is really
> just an emotional appeal.
>
> By this logic, even if God did start with a clean
>genome, why would he
> then put us on a planet already inhabited by evil? Why
>not on another
> planet where we could be His "final and greatest
>creation" just enjoying
> fellowship with Him? Why do we emerge from the dust of
>the ground after
> billions of years of "Nature red in tooth and claw"?
> The lamb wasn't
> slain at the fall of Adam but "from the foundations of
>the world".
>
>
> See Peril in Paradise by NASA Rocket Scientist Dr. Mark
>Whorton that
> explores this topic in depth at
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1932805230/sr=8-1/qid=1141396031/ref=pd
> _bbs_1/103-4288614-0631024?%5Fencoding=UTF8 .
>
> Cheers
>
> John Walley
>
Received on Fri Mar 3 09:52:41 2006