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Author Topic:   All Human Beings Are Descendants of Adam
nwr
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Message 23 of 118 (606403)
02-25-2011 10:05 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Europa
02-25-2011 2:56 AM


Europa writes:
I may be wrong but my understanding of evolution does not contradict the statement: "All human beings are descendants of Adam."
The Theory of Evolution does not contradict that statement. The evidence of evolution does contradict it.
The Australian Aborigines were already in Australia well before the time of Adam and Eve.
If you read Genesis without prior doctrinal commitment, it comes across quite clearly that the A&E story is a "Just So" story, a kind of fable, and never intended as history.

Jesus was a liberal hippie

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