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... the creation of Adam as distinct from the animals? And Eve who was taken from the flesh and bone of Adam, not the flesh and bone of animal ancestors, and who Adam called the mother of all living (man-kind)?
... the creation of Adam as distinct from the animals? And Eve who was taken from the flesh and bone of Adam, not the flesh and bone of animal ancestors, and who Adam called the mother of all living (man-kind)?
That is the question I think many of us struggle with. Caught between hard evidence and scripture
I view the story of Adam and Eve, not in literal form. A woman forming from a rib bone is a bit difficult for any of us to really understand in a realistic way. However, Genesis and the story of Adam and Eve holds many beautiful truths about morality, about marriage and relationships, about honesty and openness with God etc. There are many values and truths contained within Genesis, giving it great value and beauty, and truth. And this form of truth, and beauty can be accepted without there necessarily being a need for acceptance of a literal interpretation of a woman forming from a rib bone.
Thats how I take it, but of course everyone will have different views.
But if you had to choose one or the other?
I go with scripture. All "life" came from the land, directed by God.
Of course there is a rather humorous irony in this as many people prefer animals over humans as companions, and many find them quite helpful.
I doubt any person would exchange a family member or even a passing stranger for an animal.
But if you had to choose one or the other?
But if you had to choose one or the other?
There is no hard evidence.That is the question I think many of us struggle with. Caught between hard evidence and scripture.
Are you implying that Adam & Eve were not animals?... the creation of Adam as distinct from the animals? And Eve who was taken from the flesh and bone of Adam, not the flesh and bone of animal ancestors, and who Adam called the mother of all living (man-kind)?
I go with scripture. All "life" came from the land, directed by God.
24 Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind"; and it was so. 25 God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good.
I agree with you. A friend of mine always says, "I take the Genesis account too seriously to take it literally."I dont think I could reject either. I think the beauty and love displayed by Christ through salvation, is something that no person could really live without. Despite there being non believers in the world, the moral lessons and truths in scripture, I think are wholly truthful and cant really be rejected.
Scientific evidence on the other-hand, well, it is as true as the sun is bright. It is creation, as is the word of God.
So, i dont know that I ever could reject either. One could not be sacrificed for the other either, one could not take place for the other.
I guess thats why we are all in this boat of theistic evolution. We (those who are TEs) don't have a choice, or perhaps do not think we do.
Many. Joking aside, no person would sacrifice the life of a human for an animal.You're never met anyone with a dysfunctional family, have you?
Are you implying that Adam & Eve were not animals?
... the creation of Adam as distinct from the animals? And Eve who was taken from the flesh and bone of Adam, not the flesh and bone of animal ancestors, and who Adam called the mother of all living (man-kind)?
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