Hey all,
How about about a simple thing like this :
Once upon a time, we all "had it made" ----- wherein mankind was given
an Eternal Garden with God. Then Adam made the mistake of allowing Eve
to wander about the Garden, without appropriate adult supervision, and
she wound up falling for the old "talking snake trick"
Well, after that, we got banished to this decaying planet and (to make
matters worse) we now find out that we had sexual relationships with
red-headed Neanderthals.
It's no wonder that everybody has been getting grumpy ;-)
Walt
Jan de Coning wrote:
>
> What Adrian wrote below does not answer my posting. Thomistic views are
> not reformed, and I pointed out that almost all philosophies, including
> Thomism is based on Greek philosophy. For that reason Vollenhoven had
> trouble with it and showed the original Hebrew and Greek bible texts, which
> no-where indicated a dualism. If so, show the bible texts,then we may be
> able to discuss. Again, time and again it has been shown that the medieval
> RC philosophers based their theories on the philosphies of either Plato, or
> Aristotle, and argued on the base of Greek philosophy rather than the Bible.
>
> Jan de K.
>
> At 05:50 PM 04/02/02 -0800, Adrian Teo wrote:
> >This is a difficult philosophical and theological problem that is also
> >highly controversial - today. The position Jan is advocating seems to be
> >consistent with what has come to be known as nonreductive physicalism -
> >which is a monistic understanding of the nature of the person. There are
> >just some major philosophical/theological problems with this approach, and
> >is quite unsatisfying. The more traditional dualistic understanding (not
> >Cartesian but Thomistic) does a better job I think. In this case then, the
> >person is not a soul, but a body AND soul. This position (of dualism) has
> >been held by Christians since the earliest days, and to claim in the 20th
> >century that these folks got it wrong all along (i.e. for 20 centuries)on
> >such a major theological issue is to call into serious question the role of
> >the Holy Spirit in guiding the church.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Jan de Koning
> >To: Walter Hicks
> >Cc: Asa@Calvin. Edu
> >Sent: 2/4/2002 2:03 PM
> >Subject: Re: Do animals ever "sin" (was something else)
> >
> >As far as I remember, I replied last week that man does not have a soul,
> >
> >but that man is a soul. I quoted some texts from HS, indicating that
> >the
> >word "nephesh" was often translated as "living being", for example in
> >Gen.1. When the word was used in Gen.2, Adam received a "soul" instead
> >of
> >becoming a living being. I believe, I referred to writings of some
> >theologians.
> >
> >Jan de K.
-- =================================== Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com> In any consistent theory, there must exist true but not provable statements. (Godel's Theorem)You can only find the truth with logic If you have already found the truth without it. (G.K. Chesterton) ===================================
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