On Mon, 5 May 2008, Bethany Sollereder wrote:
> David, yes, scripture does suggest that all of creation was corrupted by the
> fall. But that is rather unclear in meaning. Paul also suggests that death
> entered the world through Adam, but this surely can't be taken literally,
> not only because of the fossil records, but because throughout those same
> passages, Paul is saying things like "I die daily, I mean that brothers!".
It should be clear from the context of Romans 5:12 and I Corinthians 15:21
that Paul has in mind only the death of humans. In the former he discusses
death spreading to all men because all sinned. In the latter he contrasts
it with the resurrection of humans. Similarly, when the Bible refers to
Eve as the mother of all living, we assume that the reference is only to
humans.
Gordon Brown (ASA member)
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