RE: Jesus did not rise from the dead -- My debate opening statement.
January 16, 2017 at 11:30 am
(This post was last modified: January 16, 2017 at 11:31 am by Crossless2.0.)
(January 16, 2017 at 10:49 am)Drich Wrote:
(January 14, 2017 at 9:49 am)Jehanne Wrote: Our species, Homo sapiens sapiens, did not descend from 2 individuals:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve
The bible never claims that it does. It simply makes a point in saying we are sons of Adam.
Again in my narrative I point out the Genesis 1,2,3,4 are central garden narratives. Meaning if you were sat in the middle of the garden and told to record this is what you would see. It does not mean life outside the garden worked the same way. In fact we know it didn't as God told Adam and Eve of all the struggles they would face outside the garden.
Again the garden was a perserve, meaning it was kept apart from the rest of the natural world. Natural world meaning evolved world. a world where man/you descendants share a line with monkeys. We are told in the garden When God created Adam and Eve he breathed a living soul into them. That is the difference between those in the garden and those who 'evolved' outside the garden.
So then how does everyone have a soul?
Hmmm..
Only if there was a great bottle neck in human history when just about everyone dies, expect those with souls...
Do you see? Not everyone is descendant from two people, but at the same time are all share a soul/can be called sons of Adam.
Since all humans these days have souls, according you to, then I have a few questions:
When do you suppose the Flood happened?
How many people came off the ark? Eight? Some unspecified number of others not mentioned in the story?
Were there other soul-endowed people who survived the flood, aside from the ark inhabitants?
