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- From: jwest@wisc (Jeff West)
- Subject: Re: Where does Adam and Eve Fit In? Attn: Jeff West
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 16:12:07 CST
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- brian@lpl.arizona.edu (Brian Ceccarelli 602/621-9615) writes:
- :
- : Personally, I believe that what the Bible says is true. I believe
- : that Genesis 1 and 2 was the way it actually happened. I believe that
- : creation story literally--which means contextually. The point I
-
- Ok, as I understand it you take the creation of Adam and Eve as
- described in Genesis literally, correct? Meaning that we all have
- decended from 2 people.
-
- Where do the people in the Stone Age fit in? Are these decendents
- of Adam and Eve? My point being that even though these people did
- have tool making skills and formed communities they were far from
- what we would call educated in a formal sense. There is also no
- mention in anyway of the god of the OT. Seems that some pottery
- or carvings on tools etc. would show this awareness.
-
- If these are the decendents of Adam and Eve then how can you hold
- A&E accountable for their actions in Eden? Were the people of the
- stone age superior in intellect than A&E? If not then what happened?
- God made man and woman and because they ate the "bad fruit" he then
- made them dumb to the point that they needed to revert to stone tools
- for centuries?
-
- Just curious,
- Jeff West
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