Re: [asa] Adam and the Fall

Steve,

The Adam you are talking about (the one that first had a covenantal
relationship with God) is exactly the Adam that Denis rejects. He holds to
gradual punctiliar polygenism, which means the image of God and "real
humanity" was manifested gradually amongst many humans.

I think that one can be as certain that an Adam didn't exist as one can be
sure that there is no firmament...

David,
I can appreciate you wanting to bring in Paul and his beliefs as attesting
to the historicity of some sort of Adam. But it is not necessary, any more
than it is to ascribe to Paul's 3-tier universe presented in Phil 2. He
also held to ancient beliefs of science and cosmology, and Adam was part of
that package.
Nor do we need the doctrine of original sin being passed down through Adam's
sperm to hold to the idea that all people are sinners. Sin, as it were, is
empirically verifiable. Just look around.

Always,
Bethayn

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Received on Wed Nov 12 21:42:31 2008