{"id":4897,"date":"2021-04-05T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=4897"},"modified":"2022-05-07T23:32:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T23:32:21","slug":"looking-at-jeff-hardins-essay-2019-biology-and-theological-anthropology-part-15-of-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=4897","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Jeff Hardin&#8217;s Essay (2019) &#8220;Biology and Theological Anthropology&#8221; (Part 15 of 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0079 Jeff Harden follows his appeal with&nbsp;<em>summaries of faithful Christian approaches to human origins<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;These approaches include models of existential recapitulation, of protohistory, of representative ancient ancestors, of recently, elected representatives and of genealogies, as opposed to genetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None of these are adequate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0080 Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They do not fit&nbsp;<em>the fairy tales about Adam and Eve<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0076 In this look at Hardin&#8217;s article, another option appears.&nbsp;&nbsp;It appears as a mirror image of his opening question.&nbsp;&nbsp;It asks, &#8220;Why doesn&#8217;t evolutionary science recognize a twist in human evolution?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer wonders, &#8220;Why is\u00a0<em>our current Lebenswelt<\/em>\u00a0not the same as\u00a0<em>the Lebenswelt that we evolved in?<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The hypothesis of the first singularity<\/em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;<em>a scientific mechanism that works as an adjunct to theological formulations<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, we come to a new age of understanding, which the late John Deely, calls &#8220;The Age of Triadic Relations&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0077 Here is a picture of three masterworks and their corresponding periods in human evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/figure-10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/figure-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/figure-10.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/figure-10-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0078 My thanks to Jeff Hardin, Chair, Biologos Board of Directors, for his mind-opening essay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0079 Jeff Harden follows his appeal with&nbsp;summaries of faithful Christian approaches to human origins.&nbsp;&nbsp;These approaches include models of existential recapitulation, of protohistory, of representative ancient ancestors, of recently, elected representatives and of genealogies, as opposed to genetics. 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