70>We see man in early Genesis with a sophisticated system of worship, language
70>farming and technology. To deal with that, you don't point to any evidence o
70>same. Rather, you argue for incipient humanity. A bit of data here, one ther
70>as a "sign" that there was "humanity" in these hominids. Even accepting this
70>as signs of humanity, mankind, according to the biblical records at issue, w
70>much more than incipient. And the only man that meets that standard appeared
70>suddenly, explosively and...RECENTLY.
This is where I hoped this string would eventually lead. We cannot have
an incipient, evolving humanness/image of God.
Glenn really needs to do some work on his model. He is willing to agree
to this level of sophistication and technology, confirmed by Biblical
revelation, of what I claim to be a "from the image-of-God nature of
man". This means that hominids evolving over 5+ million years possessed
the same spirit and intellect as we do today.
Look at what that intellect has accomplished in 4,000 years. Boy, what
Glenn's humans could have accomplished and left behind! What we don't
see is the massive evidence of this... a paradox that needs to be
adequately clarified in the model.
Paul Durham
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