Re: The Fall is not science, was : RTB vs Dick Fischer

In a message dated 4/16/2006 9:15:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
alexanian@uncw.edu writes:
The laws of nature are generalizations of historical propositions. One cannot
generalize from a unique event. Therefore, the Fall of Man is outside the
realm of science but may have occurred in which case it would be a historical,
not scientific, question.

Moorad
It was not a unique event, Moorad. It was an evolution. The viewpoint that
men and animals possess different natures is not an event. It is an
understanding -- an understanding the biblical author possessed and sought to explain in
the fall of Adam and Eve.
Today, we know that the process of evolution caused the difference between
men and animals, between instinct and learned behavior.
The biblical author did not know the process, only its effects, so explained
it "uniquely."
Today we know the process and its effects and know that man "fell" when his
behavior was no longer intuitive and we know he is redeemed when his learned
behavior (learned behavior = the Law) once again becomes intuitive which is to
say once more "written on his heart."

For each concept the biblical author presents, there is a rational analog
that does not require a scientific investigation to see.

rich faussette
Received on Mon Apr 17 12:37:56 2006