(March 15, 2018 at 3:50 pm)Grandizer Wrote:(March 15, 2018 at 1:00 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I am not a yec. My proposition is that at some point during human evolution from apes, our brains developed just enough for moral free will (ie, moral responsibility/culpability).
I accept Adam and Eve having been real people, as very early humans with moral responsibility for wrong doings. But obviously I don't believe in the literal story, where there was a paradise garden with a snake and a forbidden apple.
When you say "very early humans" youre not saying they were the first of humankind, but two among many, right? Otherwise, it would be paradoxical to believe humans evolved from ancestral apes while also believing Adam and Eve were the two human ancestors of all humankind.
I take "Adam and Eve" to refer to the first male and the first female with sufficient moral awareness. That's not to say there weren't others that evolved after them, possibly from the same "family".
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
