YoursTrue
Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
OK, this is a longer one than usual. Thank you for your expressions.The problem is that you are still under the impression that Adam and Eve are real people, and they were indeed, respectively created from dust & Adam‘s rib, hence not born from natural means…
humans have never been made from dust or soil, that’s a myth adapted from even older myths, YoursTrue.
You pride yourself as being more expert than all modern biologists, but you ignored the fact that this belief in being created, is not just unnatural, Genesis 2:7 is a fairytale, it isn’t possible.
A large part of soil, whether it be of clay, silt or sand type, are made of 50% silicon-based minerals, such as silicate, eg feldspar, quartz, etc, only less than 5% are made of organic matters, and the rest are pores in the soil that are filled with gases or water.
The point if Adam was indeed made of soil, like clay, then shouldn’t human cells that make up tissues and organs have large quantities of silicate in our bodies?
There are not single silicate in any cells, which means myths of humans being made of dust of the ground or soil, is just pure myths, whether you read them from Egyptian myths, Sumerian-Akkadian myths, or myths from Genesis or the Qur’an.
Dust or soil can no more turn into living organic tissues any more than water can into wine. They are unnatural and scientifically improbable.
Humans are not descendants of Adam and Eve, as they were never real people. The story of their creation, are just story.
it is also religious propaganda.
Throughout human history, people have been claiming to be sons or descendants of gods or of mighty heroes. It is just that, propaganda.
For instance, just about every Egyptian pharaohs have claimed divine origins, like that of Horus or Amun-Ra. Alexander the Great had claimed to be descendants of Neoptolemus via the great Achilles…Achilles’ mother was the sea goddess, Thetis, while Achilles was great grandson of Zeus, on his father’s side. The Romans, particularly Julius Caesar, claimed to descendants of Romulus, of the Trojan hero, Aeneas, who was son of Anchises and Venus (Aphrodite). Many people have claimed to be descendants of King Arthur.
I thought long and hard about the theory of evolution vs what the Bible says. And I have read many writings in scientific journals plus more proclaiming the reality of things such as: water breathing animals developing legs which after who knows how long managed to crawl out of the water -- because why? -- and live for a time on land and then eventually after (how many millions of years maybe?) developed lungs that would enable them to live entirely on land and not in water. Etc. As as the 'theory' goes, after a long while in human time became (evolved to) humans. While it may make sense to a person inclined to accept the theory as proposed by some, I do not believe there is any real proof of this beyond what they think are fossils proving the theory. As if it fits in with the theory. But again -- that is not real proof, it is conjecture based on the theory.
Now, since I feel that life is beyond explanation by humans except that God enables and gives life in various forms, and the qualities of animals and minerals and plants defy description as to their origin except by conjecture by some scientists, and that life is stupendous as we see it, most of us do not want to die if we're healthy and happy, I have come to the conclusion that there is a Creator. And that the Bible is true. As far as being literal, that can be another discussion.
Exactly how God formed Adam and Eve, going cell by cell and step by step, giving them life, I cannot say beyond what the Bible says. But because I believe the Bible is true and evolution simply is not proved beyond shadows of doubt, I'm going with the Bible.
The Bible was there in the form of the writings that became known as the Old Testament before Jesus was born. He quoted from it, as seen in what is commonly called the New Testament.
So again -- no matter what a person calls myth, and yes, there are accounts in the Bible hard for a person to believe or understand because we do not experience such things today, if one is sure that life came about by physical means without a prime mover, or intelligent force behind it, no matter what type of Christian he may say he is, he is in essence, denying virtually everything the Bible has in it. Except maybe things like you have to love your neighbor. Sounds nice. And then following that can be problematic, too. Because people can be very, very reluctant to explain their viewpoint as far as their religious views go I notice.