On Tue, 10 Jun 2008, drsyme@cablespeed.com wrote:
> Let me add my 2 cents to the original three questions. From an
> evolutionary perspective, I think the greatest challenge to current
> evangelical doctrine is that of inerrency. The problem with common
> descent is it eliminates Adam as the first human being. This then leads
> to difficulty with original sin, and the fall, but these difficulties are
> not insurmountable regarding maintaining traditional doctrine of the fall
> etc. However, it does make a historical Adam as the father of all
> impossible, and since Paul seems to believe this, the most difficult
> issue I have yet to reconcile is the idea that Paul got this idea wrong.
I understand the concern. Do you see this issue as different from, or
pretty much the same as, various Old Testament writers being wrong about
the earth being fixed in place, with a solid dome firmament holding back
waters above the sky? I believe a few of the Old Testament writers even
quote God as taking credit for these things.
Loren
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