Re: [asa] Modern Humans and H. Erectus -- TLF!

I do think there's a relationship of some sort, largely because I think the
nonreductive physicalist account of "mind" has some merit and because the
doesn't seem to be evidence that H. Erectus and other such antecedents
were capable of the kind (or "degree," if you prefer) of language, culture,
and moral responsibility that I personally think are aspects of the imago
dei. But, sure, I could be wrong.

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 10:37 AM, <drsyme@cablespeed.com> wrote:

> You are assuming of course that our biological physical anthropology is
> related to our theological antrhopology. Why is it the case that ancient
> modern Homo Sapiens were "imago dei" man? Why is it the case that Homo
> Erectus was not "imago dei" man? My contention remains that possesing imago
> dei, whatever that is, is not likely to produce any scientific evidence of
> such.
>
>
> *On Tue Feb 26 10:12 , "David Opderbeck" sent:
>
> *
>
> Browsing the magazine rack at Barnes & Noble last night on a latte run
> with my daughter, I noticed this story in Scientific American, reporting on
> a genetic study that suggests modern humans may have intebred with Homo
> Erectus: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=lovers-not-fighters ("TLF,"
> for those of you without teenage daughters, is text message lingo for "true
> love forever"). The study, of course, is highly controversial, and the
> story suggests various possible flaws with the genetic analysis. But it's
> intruiging when we think about how our Biblical theological anthropology
> relates to our biological physical anthropology. Could "imago dei" man have
> interacted with, and romanced, other races of men whose theological story we
> don't have and who have long ago gone extinct?
>
>
>

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