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How do Theistic Evolutionists interpret Genesis 2:7 in light of Ezekiel 37:1-14?
Genesis 2:7 NKJV
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Ezekiel 37:1-14 NKJV
37 The hand of the ...
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Adam prophesied Christ & Church marriage?
Robert Grosseteste argues that Adam prophesied the mystical marriage of Christ with the Chirch in Genesis 2:24 and Ephesians 5:32 (Hunter, If Adam Had Not Sinned 2020, pp. 93-4):
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Did Adam need to tend the Garden of Eden because the biocycle a sinful process?
When Adam was created, there was no sin in this world. We are told that the wages of sin are death. My assumption therefore would be that prior to sin, nothing died.
So this leads me to a bit of a ...
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Do Christians believe that Adam and Eve were Christians?
I don't think I have ever heard either a Christian or a Jew or anyone else really refer to Adam and Eve by their race/religion.
It appears as if they are considered "pre-race" or "pre-...
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Is Pre-Adamism considered heretical by any mainstream denominations?
I came across an article on the existence of Pre-Adamite beings. The article refutes their existence but claims it is a belief held by "many evangelicals". As far as I can find, no major ...
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Repetition of "and he begat sons and daughters:"
While reading Genesis 5, we can read the development of human race from Adam to Noah, bridging the gap between the two.
During that passage, there's an expression mentioned often
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Prior to the scientific consensus regarding the age of mankind, were there any theologians who argued that the date of Adam's creation was unknowable?
Prior to modern scientific consensus regarding the age of mankind, were there any theologians who argued that the chronology in Genesis 1-11 could not be used to calculate the date of Adam's creation?
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Did God commit injustice by punishing the serpent if the action of the serpent is based on God's providence? (Roman Catholic perspective)
In Genesis 3:14 "The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you ...
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How do proponents of Original Sin support a strictly literal interpretation of Genesis
Many modern theologians who adhere to the doctrine of original sin are often proponents of the claim that Genesis is to be interpreted strictly literally (most strictly as a 7 day creation of a young ...
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Who told Eve about the fruit?
How could Eve know not to eat from the fruit when there are no lines of verse showing she was ever told? It said "God told the man..." Eve wasn't made until later. I've checked several versions. Is ...
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Why was the first man called Adam?
I have started reading the Bible and I have found that in Genesis 2.19 the first man is already called Adam without any previous reference to this name.
But when it comes to Eve there is a clear ...
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What is the Biblical basis for man being created perfect, or for man not being created perfect?
I often hear that man was created perfect.
Yet Genesis 3:7 says that "they knew that they were naked." Additionally, Genesis 2:25 says they were "naked yet not ashamed."
Also, Genesis 2:18 says ...
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Was Adam anatomically God's image, as Michelangelo's painting seems to indicate? [closed]
Under the patronage of Pope Julius circa 1512, Michelangelo painted The Creation of Adam, seen below, in the Sistine Chapel. The painting shows both God and Adam as adult men with navels, and the ...
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Were Adam and Eve meant to live forever; had they not disobeyed God? [closed]
In the book of Genesis we are led to believe that as God created man he was immortal.
Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that ...
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What are the major views on Adam's motivation to sin given that he was not deceived? [closed]
I'm interested in finding out what the major views are on Adam's motivation to sin if he was not deceived?
The biblical understanding of Abraham being willing to sacrifice his son was that he ...
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Do any Christian traditions hold the belief that Adam was androgynous?
Genesis 1:27 reads:
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
The Hebrew word for "man" here is אָדָם (adam). This seems to imply ...
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Why is the curse of original sin not specific to humans?
From what I learned in church the whole world "fell" after Adam sinned.
Now the typical question is why should everyone have to pay the price and is usually answered by we would have done the same if ...
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Why did people live so long before the Flood?
In Genesis 5, some of the descendants of Adam are listed with their ages. The people listed lived very much longer than anybody does today. For example, Adam lived to be 930. The oldest age, 969 years,...
