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Bible, Theology & Philosophy
Adam
The Fall
Genesis
Original Sin

Is It Necessary to Believer in a Literal Adam and a Literal Fall?

Discussion

Fri, 08/09/13

Yes.

"Our task today is to tell people — who no longer know what sin is...no longer see themselves as sinners, and no longer have room for these categories — that Christ died for sins of which they do not think they’re guilty." - David Wells

Fri, 08/09/13

Yes.

Why is it that my voice always seems to be loudest when I am saying the dumbest things?

Fri, 08/09/13

I think there’s a way to make the poll appear in the OP… working on it.

Edit: OK, it’s in the first comment. Should work.

Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.

Mon, 08/12/13

[Jonathan Charles]

What message is CT sending in making Adam look like he came from Planet of the Apes?

They are implying that Adam was a hippy.

All jokes aside, it is rather disturbing to see that image on a Christian magazine. Are they trying to appease those who believe in evolution?

If anything, Adam would have looked like some angelic being- a beautiful and perfect specimen of manhood.

Mon, 08/12/13

Actually, it looks a bit like me only with dark hair, more of it, not so much gray, no glasses…and more muscles… and—OK, doesn’t look like me at all.

More seriously, it’s a bit hard to know for sure what ideal of beauty to appeal to when imagining what Adam would look like. But should he look simian? That’s one ideal that should have been easy to eliminate.

Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.