Re: What is "human" - the grey zone (was Re: [asa] Two questions... (biological bottlenecking with Adam and Eve))

Hi Bill,

You raise a couple of very good points to which I'd like to respond - however I can't currently invest the time the issue deserves.

I hope you won't mind if I get back to you in a few days (ditto for any other respondents on this thread).

Blessings,
Murray

Bill Powers wrote:
> Murray:
>
> You raise an interesting theological thorn that I can remember being
> addressed only once in Perspectives.
>
> You believe that God will not condemn anyone unless they are morally
> accountable. I presume this view is consistent with the view, e.g.,
> that infants are not morally accountable and therefore not in need of
> forgiveness.
>
> You ought to know, however, that the vast number of Christians do not
> agree with this presumption. What of those who believe that all humans,
> even ones still in the womb, require the forgiveness of God through Christ?
>
> So what exactly is the problem if we cannot identify whom Christ died
> for? Did He need to die for a primitive human race that never heard of
> Christ and knew nothing of God? Yes. Did He need to die for some
> species of human-like race? We say that Christ did not die for cats and
> dogs. We say that because we believe they have no ability to sin.
> Yet, does a unborn infant have the ability to sin? Probably no. Yet it
> seems a child from the earliest of ages sins. I suppose to get a handle
> on this we need to have a grasp on what it is to not sin. Once having
> that in hand, we can say what sin is. The notion of infant
> accountability is linked to a "racial" guilt. As such, there are
> problems if we cannot identify the "race."
>
> So it seems that Christians, independent of evolutionary theory,
> disagree upon whom Christ died for. It seems that different theological
> traditions face different challenges with regard to evolutionary theory.
> This would make evolutionary theory not religiously neutral. If we
> intend to concord science and religion, does this entail that some
> traditions must be abandoned?
>
> bill powers
> White, SD

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