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  1. Job 33:6

    Darwinian evolution - still a theory in crisis.

    I think this is so weird. When a baby is born, everyone is praising the Lord, amazing, beautifully made, stitched together in the womb etc. and when a scientist talks about cell division, and egg fertilization and the heart beat, it's all good. Nobody fights for microscopic miracles in the mix...
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    Why believing in a literal Adam and Eve matters

    Not sure what's going on with your response, but I'll pull this one out Animal sacrifices didn’t permanently remove sin themselves, they served as symbolic acts that pointed to something greater. Hebrews 10:4 makes that clear: “it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away...
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    Why believing in a literal Adam and Eve matters

    Here is another example: Consider the Parable of the Wicked Tenants (Mark 12:1–12). Jesus tells a story about a landowner who plants a vineyard and leases it to tenants. When he sends servants to collect some of the vineyard’s fruit, the tenants abuse or kill them. Finally, he sends his son, who...
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    Why believing in a literal Adam and Eve matters

    Here, let's use an example that maybe we will both agree on despite varying denominations: Consider the bronze serpent in Numbers 21. The serpent didn’t do anything in itself, it was not magic, nor was the metal infused with power. It was a symbol, lifted up at God’s command, and those who...
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    Why believing in a literal Adam and Eve matters

    I think we need to be precise about the language Scripture uses when discussing the sacrificial system. Yes, sacrifices had a real effect in the covenantal relationship between Israel and God, but that effect was provisional, not ultimate. The sacrifices did cover sin (as you rightly point to...
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    Why believing in a literal Adam and Eve matters

    Genesis isn't a science textbook.
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    Why believing in a literal Adam and Eve matters

    I understand that you're emphasizing the importance of truth being grounded in actual, physical reality, and I agree that truth matters. But I think there’s a false dichotomy being assumed here: that something is either symbolic (and thus “ineffectual”), or literal (and thus truly powerful)...
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    6,000 Years?

    Ok. Or maybe just a lot of water. What's wrong with this other option?
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    Why believing in a literal Adam and Eve matters

    Are you aware that Genesis describes ancient Israelite cosmology?
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    Exploring the Relationship Between Adam's Initial Immortality and the Age of the Earth

    Alright. So first and foremost, it is a fact that in Hebrew, adam means humanity. And that's just a plain fact of Hebrew. And it's very plainly present in the Bible. This isn't debatable. If you didn't know that, you do now. But this isn't up for debate, it just is what it is. On to the second...
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    Exploring the Relationship Between Adam's Initial Immortality and the Age of the Earth

    Huh? What are you talking about? In Hebrew, adam means humanity. That's why Genesis 1:26-27 translations say, God created mankind or humanity. They don't say "God created Adam" as a proper noun.
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    Exploring the Relationship Between Adam's Initial Immortality and the Age of the Earth

    It's right there in the Bible. I don't understand what you mean. Just open up to Genesis 1:26-27. Do you see Adams name mentioned there anywhere?
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    Why believing in a literal Adam and Eve matters

    How dare you claim that Jesus spoke truths without it being literal history. I happen to have a history/science textbook on the good Samaritan and...
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    6,000 Years?

    I think that its use may be. I'm wondering why you're negating these possibilities. I mean, obviously wiki isn't an adequate source for old testament context. It's written, as you've said, based on things like secular sciences. The Bible doesn't say that the earth was without topography. Rather...
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    Why believing in a literal Adam and Eve matters

    I'd disagree here. The word τύπος (type) means a pattern, example, or foreshadowing. It doesn’t inherently require the person to be historically real, only that they serve a theological or literary function that points forward to Christ. The effectiveness of Christ’s righteousness and...
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    6,000 Years?

    An anti-christian science Wikipedia page is how you determine context?
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    6,000 Years?

    Well that's just picking and choosing. How do you know that its use isnt suggesting an earth that is vain or a wasteland?
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    6,000 Years?

    What this means is that, tohu, or formlessness, might include topography. But the definition is much more broad. And can include somewhat of a wide variety of ideas associated with utility. Example: 1 Samuel 12:21 – Refers to tohu as “vain things” or “useless idols.” Anyway, I guess it doesn't...
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    6,000 Years?

    Well where did you get that definition? Did you get it from a Bible lexicon? Like Strong's concordance? Personally, I would follow word studies of tohu before I would plainly just go with Google. Because Google isn't a Christian Bible scholar. It's just the internet. It doesn't use Bible...
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    6,000 Years?

    I think that's approaching the meaning. And once we get this far (understanding that the creation was unfolding during the 6 days, and not necessarily a complete independent act in verse 1 followed by modification over 6 days)... Then we can look at how tohu is used in the Bible to get an idea...
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