Needless to say, I couldn't agree more with him on this topic.
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That is why it's so important to understand that the bible was originally written not in English. That one word (day) can cause such a confusion in people interpretation of the bible that it can sometimes shake their faith.DRDS wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEQhPvtv ... ture=share
Needless to say, I couldn't agree more with him on this topic.
Rick, not to sound like a know-it-all, but let me try to clear up what I think you are going for here.One thing I noticed that Craig said was that certain evolutionists that believe in a literal Adam, believe he was just one of tens of thousands of humans living at the time. Can an evolutionist believe that Adam was the first human? Doesn't evolutionism teach that whole populations evolve, not individuals? So, if one is going to hold to evolution and scripture, one cannot believe Adam was the first human, correct? From what I understand, the studies done on mitochondrial DNA, show that modern humanity came from a very small population of individuals. Perhaps as small as two. Now, this certainly doesn't prove the biblical idea of the special creation of man, but it certainly harmonizes the idea with scripture.
While Genesis 2 can be viewed as stating that Adam and Ever were the first humans, nowhere does it stated the ONLY humans in ALL the earth.RickD wrote:One thing I noticed that Craig said was that certain evolutionists that believe in a literal Adam, believe he was just one of tens of thousands of humans living at the time. Can an evolutionist believe that Adam was the first human? Doesn't evolutionism teach that whole populations evolve, not individuals? So, if one is going to hold to evolution and scripture, one cannot believe Adam was the first human, correct? From what I understand, the studies done on mitochondrial DNA, show that modern humanity came from a very small population of individuals. Perhaps as small as two. Now, this certainly doesn't prove the biblical idea of the special creation of man, but it certainly harmonizes the idea with scripture.
I have a question: What Genesis 3:20 says about Eve?PaulSacramento wrote: While Genesis 2 can be viewed as stating that Adam and Ever were the first humans, nowhere does it stated the ONLY humans in ALL the earth.
The issues of the other people that were around in regards to Cain implies that there were others.
It may well be that Adam and Eve were a special creation of God in Eden and that then they went out amongst the world and through them and their descendents we are blessed AND cursed.
Cursed because through them the rest of humanity entered into sin and blessed because of God's grace through Christ.
What about that?1over137 wrote:I have a question: What Genesis 3:20 says about Eve?PaulSacramento wrote: While Genesis 2 can be viewed as stating that Adam and Ever were the first humans, nowhere does it stated the ONLY humans in ALL the earth.
The issues of the other people that were around in regards to Cain implies that there were others.
It may well be that Adam and Eve were a special creation of God in Eden and that then they went out amongst the world and through them and their descendents we are blessed AND cursed.
Cursed because through them the rest of humanity entered into sin and blessed because of God's grace through Christ.
"20 Now the man called his wife’s name [h]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living."
Good point Hana. I think it's quite clear there, but anyway. Not to mention all being in Adam like in Christ as found in Romans 5.1over137 wrote:I have a question: What Genesis 3:20 says about Eve?PaulSacramento wrote: While Genesis 2 can be viewed as stating that Adam and Ever were the first humans, nowhere does it stated the ONLY humans in ALL the earth.
The issues of the other people that were around in regards to Cain implies that there were others.
It may well be that Adam and Eve were a special creation of God in Eden and that then they went out amongst the world and through them and their descendents we are blessed AND cursed.
Cursed because through them the rest of humanity entered into sin and blessed because of God's grace through Christ.
"20 Now the man called his wife’s name [h]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living."
Exactly Rick. why would it not make sense to us, and since when did we ever observe a language (code) come about by anything other than a mind??????????RickD wrote:C'mon people. It's not rocket surgery that a common designer would use the same stuff to create different things.