RE: [asa] Saving Darwin: What theological changes are required?

Loren said:
" 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? "

My thoughts:
It may be the same exact thing, but to a matter of degree. It is like
the difference between murdering one person and murdering a village.
Both murder- but to a different degree.

-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Loren Haarsma
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:18 PM
To: _American Sci Affil
Subject: Re: [asa] Saving Darwin: What theological changes are required?

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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Received on Tue Jun 10 22:32:07 2008