Dear Art,
You bring up the point that is always in back of my mind regarding the
question of origins. Christ never contradicted what the OT says especially
the question of male and female being created from the beginning as such--I
know someone in the list already mentioned that Christ used this as a point
against divorce, but that is too simplistic for me. Doesn't His statements
contradict those who say, for instance, that a homosexual is born that
way--there is no choice in his/her life style. Christ did not tell us about
X and Y chromosomes which will always distinguish a male from a female, but
still He said that they were created male and female from the beginning. Why
didn't He tell us about our supposed origin via evolution? Remember the
reason Christ did not mention some of the laws of nature--gravitation,
electroweak, etc.--as we know them today, is that such laws are not the true
laws which underlie the governing of all of nature. They are mere shadows of
the true laws. But the question of origin is not of that genre. The creation
of man is very detailed, very specific in Scripture. Christ left no room but
to believe that He agreed with that origin of man and so our attempts to
bypass His words and understand it otherwise may border on disobedience.
Take care,
Moorad