Re: [asa] (dreamtime) "Evolutionary Creation" book comments

I agree with what Murray is saying. I add that even though it might be
highly unlikely, other things being equal, that the figure was entirely
fictitious, the fact that "adam'"is Hebrew for "man" increases the
likelihood that the figure was meant to be representative rather than an
individual.
Don

Murray Hogg wrote:
>
>
> Dehler, Bernie wrote:
>> Therefore, to be precise, the Adam of that story was not a real guy,
>> because the story is not real. It is merely a parable using
>> well-known existing characters. Am I correct?
>
> Actually, to be precise, you are committing a category error.
>
> The claim "the story is not real" merely begs the question "real in
> what sense?"
>
> To which your answer, as far as I can tell, is "real in the sense
> modern history is real"
>
> My response: It's not modern history, thus your question ("was Adam
> real") presumes a category error and allows of no answer.
>
> There is, simply put, NO WAY to tell from Genesis 1/2 whether Adam was
> a "real" person even though, from what we know of pre-modern oral
> tradition, it is highly unlikely that such a significant story would
> be attached to an entirely fictitious figure.
>
> Blessings,
> Murray
>
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Received on Wed Sep 30 19:39:43 2009