{"id":5639,"date":"2022-10-27T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5639"},"modified":"2022-06-09T21:16:25","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T21:16:25","slug":"%ef%bf%bclooking-at-loren-haarsmas-book-2021-when-did-sin-begin-part-3-of-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=5639","title":{"rendered":"\ufffcLooking at Loren Haarsma&#8217;s Book (2021) &#8220;When Did Sin Begin&#8221; (Part 3 of 21)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0014 In the Introduction, Haarsma states that human evolution<sub>2H<\/sub>&nbsp;and the doctrine of original sin<sub>2V<\/sub>&nbsp;seem dissonant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0015 All intersections seem dissonant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two apparently independent actualities constitute a single actuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0016 I call the single actuality, &#8220;one realness&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What should I label this &#8220;one realness&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0017 Maybe, the term, &#8220;our current Lebenswelt&#8221;, will do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The word, &#8220;Lebenswelt&#8221;, is German for &#8220;living world&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0018 Here is an initial picture of&nbsp;<em>two actualities constituting a single actuality<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Slide04-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Slide04-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Slide04-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Slide04-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Figure 04<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0019 The problem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original sin<sub>2V<\/sub>&nbsp;applies to&nbsp;<em>our current Lebenswelt,<\/em>&nbsp;the world after Adam and Eve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human evolution<sub>2H<\/sub>&nbsp;covers a&nbsp;<em>much longer timeline<\/em>&nbsp;than&nbsp;<em>our current Lebenswelt<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This introduces a wrinkle to the fabric of Haarsma&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The natural<sub>3H<\/sub>&nbsp;and theological transition<sub>3V<\/sub>&nbsp;marking the start of our current Lebenswelt<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;involves only a fraction of the entirety of human evolution.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is like trying to fix one&#8217;s glasses with a tool kit designed for automobiles.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is like cutting a handkerchief from a bedsheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0020 Haarsma premises his book on&nbsp;<em>the tenet that there are several possible ways to harmonize human evolution and the doctrine of original sin<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus,&nbsp;<em>none of them<\/em>&nbsp;are good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None of them raise the following question, coming from&nbsp;<em>the standpoint of original sin<sub>2V<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;and addressing&nbsp;<em>experts on human evolution<sub>2H<\/sub>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why is&nbsp;<em>our current Lebenswelt<\/em>&nbsp;is not the same as&nbsp;<em>the Lebenswelt that we evolved in?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0020 Clearly, a natural transition<sub>3H<\/sub>&nbsp;and a theological transition<sub>3V<\/sub>&nbsp;contextualize the start of&nbsp;<em>our current Lebenswelt<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore,&nbsp;<em>our current Lebenswelt<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;arises from two, apparently independent, potentials:&nbsp;<em>an adaptive change in human prehistory<sub>1H<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>a cultural change that is captured in the stories of Adam and Eve<sub>1V<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As already noted, these two potentials point to&nbsp;<em>the Ubaid, Uruk and Sumerian Dynastic archaeological periods of southern Mesopotamia<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the e-work,&nbsp;<em>The First Singularity And Its Fairy Tale Trace,<\/em>&nbsp;these two potentials pertain to&nbsp;<em>a cultural change that potentiates civilization (specifically) and unconstrained social complexity (generally)<sub>2<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;This cultural change marks the start of&nbsp;<em>our current Lebenswelt<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0022 In brief,&nbsp;<em>the doctrine of original sin<sub>2V<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;challenges&nbsp;<em>the discipline of modern Anthropology<sub>2H<\/sub>,<\/em>&nbsp;which currently proposes&nbsp;<em>a litany of material causes<\/em>&nbsp;for the potentiation of civilization, such as the birth of agriculture, or the use of irrigation, or population pressures, or this or that material condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0023 Original sin<sub>2V<\/sub>&nbsp;forces the Christian to ask the scientist, &#8220;What if the natural transition<sub>3H<\/sub>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>our current Lebenswelt<\/em>&nbsp;is not material?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the location where Loren Haarsma cannot go, because he values the discoveries of natural history and genetics.&nbsp;&nbsp;For years, he has been working with&nbsp;<em>human evolution writ large<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result is that&nbsp;<em>the initial intersection<\/em>&nbsp;is lopsided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Slide05-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Slide05-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Slide05-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Slide05-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Figure 05<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of that, natural history and genetics cannot propose a scientific hypothesis for&nbsp;<em>a cultural change in the way humans talk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Semiotics can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>0014 In the Introduction, Haarsma states that human evolution2H&nbsp;and the doctrine of original sin2V&nbsp;seem dissonant. 0015 All intersections seem dissonant. 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