Looking at William Lane Craig’s Book (2021) “In Quest of the Historical Adam” (Part 19 of 21)

0104 In Part Two, Craig’s definition3 turns into an inquiry3.

The actuality2 of this inquiry3 concerns the contiguity between the archaeological periods of southern Mesopotamia2 and the Genesis Primeval History2.

The meaning1 and message1 remain the same.  But, the presence1 corresponds to the start of our current Lebenswelt.  Our current Lebenswelt manifests humanity’s tragic flaw, where humankind tends to destroy what God has made good.

0105 Here is a picture.

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0106 Yes, our current Lebenswelt (of speech-alone talk and unconstrained social complexity) is not the same as the Lebenswelt that we evolved in (of hand-talk and hand-speech talk and constrained social complexity).

The hypothesis is scientific.  A change in the way humans talk potentiates unconstrained social complexity, such as civilization.

0107 Yes, Craig’s failure to identify Adam with the start of the Ubaid stems from a failure in the scientific imagination.

Craig imagines that there is only one creation of humans.

The hypothesis of the first singularity changes all that.

0108 Consider two e-works for a direct discussion: The First Singularity and Its Fairy Tale Trace and Comments on Original Sin and Original Death: Romans 5:12-19.

Also consider a fictional account where the hypothesis is presented in dramatic formAn Archaeology of the Fall is accompanied by an Instructor’s Guide, for adults who want to lead discussion seminars for high school and college students.

0109 ‘Something’ that is captured in Genesis 2:4-11 and the origin myths of the ancient Near East is brought to consciousness in the New Testament (C’).  The resurrection of Jesus calls all humankind, in our current Lebenswelt,because we are the ones who suffer from the tragic flaw originated by Adam.  We are the ones who live in the Lebenswelt initiated by the Ubaid of southern Mesopotamia.