(August 8, 2010 at 6:07 am)solja247 Wrote:Quote:DeistPaladin mentioned something that I'd never really thought of before concerning Christianity and evolution.
Essentially, evolution means that there was no Adam & Eve, which means there was no fall, which means there was no need for Jesus.
I'm just wondering how Christian "evolutionists" explain their faith in light of this. What was the point of Jesus if there was no fall? Or, if there was a fall, when (and why) did it happen?
Christians who accept evolution as the best theory to understand how the world was created. Live on a slippery slop. What you argue here is the slippery slope fallacy, remove creation you have no sin entering the world, have no sin you have no Jesus, Have no Jesus you have no Christianity.
But what if you are looking at it wrong?
What if the battle between 'good' and 'evil' is bigger than over a piece of fruit? I mean the whole story is full of holes, theologically and morally speaking, the woman is blamed, not both them (just to name one). Anyways what if the controversy was bigger? This is what I believe happens when rejecting Genesis 1 and 2 as being literal, only makes the controversy bigger. Sure we dont know how it all started, but should we expect something so complicated written in a book written by primitive people?
What I've put in bold letters above is not the way Genesis reads. Adam blamed Eve and Eve blamed the serpent. God put the fault on all three He gave each a punishment that has been carried through out human history. I do agree with you on the Genesis story there is far more to it than most christians see. I am a fundie and a literalist I search for answers to questions from one end of scripture to the other I have not found the answers to all the questions asked of me but I continue to search because I know they are there.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
