{"id":5594,"date":"2022-09-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5594"},"modified":"2022-06-09T18:41:41","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T18:41:41","slug":"looking-at-william-lane-craigs-book-2021-in-quest-of-the-historical-adam-part-9-of-21%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5594","title":{"rendered":"Looking at William Lane Craig&#8217;s Book (2021) &#8220;In Quest of the Historical Adam&#8221; (Part 9 of 21)\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0044 Does the prior blog indicate that I dismiss all of Part 3?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer is, &#8220;Yes, it does, even though Craig spends a lot of time and effort, including questioning scientific researchers, constructing the argument that&nbsp;<em>Homo heidelbergensis<\/em>&nbsp;may be the ancestor to anatomically modern humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Craig imagines that they may be the first human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam and Eve are not the first human beings.&nbsp;&nbsp;Rather, they originate&nbsp;<em>humanity&#8217;s tragic flaw<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0045 This thesis corresponds to&nbsp;<em>the message<sub>1<\/sub>&nbsp;that underlies the actuality of the stories of Adam and Eve<sub>2<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;within the normal context of definition<sub>3<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Slide06-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Slide06-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Slide06-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Slide06-2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Figure 06<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0046 Part Two of Craig&#8217;s book addresses Biblical witness.&nbsp;&nbsp;Clearly,&nbsp;<em>the stories of Adam and Eve<\/em>&nbsp;concern&nbsp;<em>a relatively recent prehistoric event,<\/em>&nbsp;occurring in southern Mesopotamia, at the start of&nbsp;<em>the Ubaid archaeological period<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0047 What is the nature of that event?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0048 This question associates to&nbsp;<em>the presence<sub>1<\/sub>&nbsp;underlying the stories of Adam and Eve<sub>2<\/sub>, including the ancient Near East and the text of Genesis 2.4-11<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This question also associates to the message<sub>1<\/sub>, combining a claim and a trend.&nbsp;&nbsp;The claim is that Adam and Eve originate&nbsp;<em>humanity&#8217;s tragic flaw<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The trend is humanity&#8217;s tendency to destroy&nbsp;<em>what God has made good<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both presence<sub>1<\/sub>&nbsp;and message<sub>1<\/sub>&nbsp;are couched in myth.&nbsp;&nbsp;What is myth?&nbsp;&nbsp;Myth both memorializes and veils&nbsp;<em>the historical events tied to Adam&#8217;s deeds<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>The historical Adam<\/em>&nbsp;associates to&nbsp;<em>a real event that is wrapped in myth<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0049 Ah, is that not&nbsp;<em>the nature of history?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even so-called &#8220;modern histories&#8221; contain real events wrapped in myths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0050 In Part Two, Craig refines\u00a0<em>the presence<sub>1<\/sub>\u00a0and message<sub>1<\/sub>\u00a0underlying the stories of Adam and Eve<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0044 Does the prior blog indicate that I dismiss all of Part 3? 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