In our modern day, science seems to (or sometimes attempts to) trump the Christian Bible in every way for some. It’s as if modern science can’t see similarities or agreements between the two, so one must choose one or the other. In John H. Walton’s “Human Origins and The Bible,” he explains that the Bible does not contain any kind of “scientific revelation” and whatever science is within the Bible would have been general knowledge for everyone. But in our present day of the 21st century, many feel that science and the Bible must work together somehow, but with all of the answers science is providing, it feels like an attack on our beliefs. Walton’s article attempts to explain that there can be a happy medium of the two.
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If Christ has come into one’s heart, then it shouldn’t matter if Adam was a real man or not. Adam and Eve as two individuals should not be the basis of one’s faith, and it could have been simply an archetype that Adam and Eve were humanity itself, and out of humanity came Cain and Abel, and the story progresses as it is written. Many times in the Bible there are stories that, though they may not be historically true events, are simply there to convey a message, like Job. Job may not have been a real man, but he would have been the ideal Israelite figure for those who would read the story. The story is still true and depicts a story and image that should be a moral lesson for those who read it in the modern day. Though that may be an issue, for we are a Western society that prefers true and hard cold facts to ambiguous moral lessons, and I believe we should be raised to have open minds that questions these ideas, but not base our theology and faith on whether or not Adam and Eve were two individuals and that was it. Christ came to save us from sin, and that’s where our hope should
Walton begins with …show more content…
If Christ has come into one’s heart, then it shouldn’t matter if Adam was a real man or not. Adam and Eve as two individuals should not be the basis of one’s faith, and it could have been simply an archetype that Adam and Eve were humanity itself, and out of humanity came Cain and Abel, and the story progresses as it is written. Many times in the Bible there are stories that, though they may not be historically true events, are simply there to convey a message, like Job. Job may not have been a real man, but he would have been the ideal Israelite figure for those who would read the story. The story is still true and depicts a story and image that should be a moral lesson for those who read it in the modern day. Though that may be an issue, for we are a Western society that prefers true and hard cold facts to ambiguous moral lessons, and I believe we should be raised to have open minds that questions these ideas, but not base our theology and faith on whether or not Adam and Eve were two individuals and that was it. Christ came to save us from sin, and that’s where our hope should