The first item was Creation in Genesis 1-2. For many time, I had a traditional view of the Creation of our Lord that is recorded in Genesis 1 and 2. During my time studying at the college, I discovered that some issues are a discussion in the scholars field about if the Genesis 1 is a historical account or a poetic illustration about the creation of the humankind and its fall (Gen. 3). I hear a little bit about this issue in some conversation with some friends in Chile that were studying theology in a Roman Catholic university, some of them became more skeptics regarding the Word of God, and some of them feel insecure …show more content…
This is still a point of discussion, between science and the Bible. Also, different positions can exist in a healthy debate, but I feel that is not a vital topic that could affect our faith.
My position about Genesis 1-3 is based on a belief in a historical and allegorical interpretation. Adam and Eve were real people, but in some sense, they were also a representation of humankind. About a position of the creation in a 24 hours or evolution as a process that God used, I am still in the research, and I am open to having a convincing argument about it, for now, I am a Christian that believes in a 24 hours creation.
The second great topic for me was about Hamartiology and Soteriology. Those are two great issues that must and should be discussed in our times and our congregations. We need to have Christian leaders with a clear position on “original sin” and about how God called us to be saved by Him. I feel that in our congregations in the Restoration Movement, there still confusion about this topic, and sometimes when we do not have a clear theological position about sin, original sin, culpability or inability we can have opened doors for some bad interpretations and some historical heresies like