(March 1, 2015 at 1:20 pm)JesusHChrist Wrote: These are the scientific facts. And, unlike the case of Jesus’s virgin birth and resurrection, we can dismiss a physical Adam and Eve with near scientific certainty.
I wasn't disagreeing with your science on this issue. I made it clear in my post that the difference between humans and all the other creatures on earth is that humans are made in the image and likeness of God, and this is contained in our souls, which are a special creation. My thoughts in this regard are that prior to Adam and Eve humans were simply the most highly evolved of the animal kingdom. Since they had no souls, they were no more able to sin than any other creature on the planet. At a certain point God decided to infuse two humans with souls, thus making them in his image and able to possess eternal life. At that point they became able to sin and eventually disobeyed God and did sin. After Adam and Eve God has given a soul to every human being. It seems not unreasonable to me that this event could have happened 6,000 to 8,000 years ago. Human's progress had been extremely slow up to that point and then just seemed to take off. While all the other animals are still going on pretty much as always, scratching around for food, mankind has changed and progressed in leaps and bounds. Though our bodies have evolved physically, I believe that because we are spiritual beings, we are not just more highly evolved animals, but are in a class by ourselves - separate from the animal kingdom.
