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Maybe Adam is the first man!!
gregorydc:
Just a quick thought, if Adam was protected in the garden, and had never seen another "human" then, why wouldn't he call Eve the mother of all living if she was his only female of his "species" that he had ever seen? Hope that makes sense.
Greg
Dennis Vogel:
Mat 8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
indianabob:
Hi Gregory,
Valid comment.
The fact remains that we are left to place the "evidence" of human derived science above the scriptures in this instance if not in several other areas.
Question then. How many people did God create, in pairs or in groups or in full tribes that preceded the first sentient beings that were aware of God? For what purpose that is not spoken of in scripture?
Must we assume that God created Elk for example as in the first pair or in the first herd of thousands?
Scripture says that man (adam) was created to subdue and manage the balance of the created order. In other words the created order of animals and fish and so forth could exist alone without mankind in the picture. So man was not necessarily a precursor to the success of the lower animal kingdoms in events such as animal husbandry to develop a range of different species within a family. (correction invited)
The fact that we find animal bones on many widely separated continents doesn't prove that they all were created where they are found does it?
It is I think a valid question although L. Ray did not apparently address that issue. (correction invited)
Do we have some proof that the evidence of science as to the age of ancient bones is without criticism.
Science works through many theories and postulations before the get down to reproducible facts in nature or the laboratory of practical application. e.g. is "Uniformatarianism" valid? Has nothing changed since events in scripture?
The discovered errors out number the provable facts by a factor of 1000 in many instances and the provable science is certainly a revelation of God to humanity according to God's timing and a gift to the scientist who first publicized the information just before it appeared elsewhere. Everything on God's time table.
Indiana Bob
Kat:
It just seems that so many believe that science contradict what Scripture says... I disagree, at least in some instances. The Scripture certainly state the truth of the matter, and science has it's own evidence that match with in when it is honest science. It is our interpretation of what the Scriptures say that is usually in error and lead to seeming contradictions.
I believe the Scriptures are written about the people of God and to the people of God concerning salvation, and others are only mentioned as needed where they come in contact with God's people. God's plan of salvation begins with Adam, and that is where the Scripture mainly begins it's commentary on people. Before that there was only the brief mentions of them where they fit into the initial creation process.
We do have accurate dating in Scripture as to when Adam lived and there is also plenty of scientific evidence (all which should not be simply brushed aside) of people living way before that. There was certainly good reason God did it that way, and I do believe we have many references to these people in the Scripture, if you have eyes to see it. Why do you think the Gentiles were so despised by the Jews and looked down upon to such a degree, called dogs? They were not God's people and were not believed to be in line for salvation, Adam's line. It's not that there is nothing in Scripture on these other people, but for the most part their identity just hasn't been reveal yet.
Well anyway couldn't resist speaking up on this.
mercy, peace and love
Kat
dodrill:
I asked a very naive question about Adam and eve being jewish/ hebrew ? yes anglo saxion and pale skinned that I am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_and_Eve
and I found a creation story of adam having a wife before eve - liliath? there are many creation stories - same theme, same story - just illustrated differently
What amazed me is that oral tradition is more valid than a written word - and that is why many cultures write right to left - as in it looses its validity if I have to write it down rather than tell you how it is - well - that is what I learned today from armchair exploring and hoping I can hear from Spirit - Our Maker and Placer x does it matter? God places Himself above His Word - must be His spoken word /can't be His written word - because we don't have it right yet
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