“No Adam and Eve means no need for a savior. It also means that the Bible cannot be trusted as a source of unambiguous, literal truth. It is completely unreliable, because it all begins with a myth, and builds on that as a basis. No fall of man means no need for atonement and no need for a redeemer.7” The American Atheists (quoted in In Defense of the Historical Adam) Do we need to try to take out Adam from the Bible, to match the world and to match science?
Is there proof that Adam existed? And if so, is there scientific evidence to prove it not just the Bible? Learning the truth is so important, no matter what the world thinks. However, taking out the sin of Adam takes out the point of the gospel. -------- As we have seen from a quote from even atheists, there is a danger of not accepting that there was not an Adam. It is a true fact that sin came into the world from Adam. If one does not believe this, there seems to not be a sin that Jesus died for. If Adam did not exist, then where did the sin really come from if there is sin? And why would Jesus die if there was no Adam that sinned? The truth is that Adam and Eve were historical figures, made by God in the beginning (Genesis 1) to be the first father and mother of all generations. Many Christians including the Catholic church affirm that Adam and Eve were the first humans made and were the ones responsible for original sin. However, this simple statement backed up by theological and biblical evidence in the Bible (refer to last post) has been contradicted many times by people trying to fit a different worldview into the Bible. Thankfully, we can know that God is able to be trusted for all of the Bible, and there is no need to squeeze any views in there that do not belong. There is scientific evidence available to back up a historical Adam as well. 1. Geneologies Some scientific evidence includes that we have seen that we all have come from Adam and Eve based on the many genealogies found in the Bible. It also does add up with science that we all share the same common ancestor. It has also been a true story passed down for 6,000 years that still holds true today. It is backed up by archeological evidence. 2. Biology Even Wikipedia says, “In biology the most recent common ancestors, when traced back using the Y-chromosome for the male lineage and mitochondrial DNA for the female lineage, are commonly called the Y-chromosomal Adam and Mitochondrial Eve, respectively.” This shows up in science, and more throughout history. Even art and literature show that Adam and Eve was an important part of history, and is even backed up by science. We don't have to go with what the world thinks, which wavers more and more every day, but we can find out objective truth. 3. Archeology We can know for sure that the Bible is true, trustworthy, and backed up by much archeological evidence. As Answers in Genesis author Dr. Terry Mortenson points out, Genesis is filled with references to real places and real times, backed up by archeological evidence that supports the whole Bible. (2015). We need to base our beliefs off of the Bible, and see how perfectly science supports that. There are many other scientific facts in the Bible as well that prove that the Bible can be trusted to be scientifically accurate.
4. A Young Earth There is also evidence to prove that there is a young earth, and was not made by evolution, proving Genesis 1-11 can be taken literally. This proves that a historical Adam can be taken literally. Nathaniel Jeanson of AIG has also traced DNA backward to a young earth Adam. (AIG) We don’t have to try to squeeze science and Christianity together, but through the lens of a biblical worldview, they match perfectly. The truth: In the beginning, God created us to have a love -relationship with him, but we broke that by our sin, the sin that Adam and Eve committed in the beginning. Without that, what is the gospel for? Now, we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. The bad news of the Bible is that if we continue being separated from him, we will go to Hell when we die. The good news is that God sent his Son Jesus down to earth to die on the cross for us and rose again because of his power to defeat death. We also can defeat death and go to heaven with him when we die if we accept his gift of restoring our relationship with him. He wants to save everyone and bring them back to him. He is knocking on the door to our hearts. (Rev. 3:20). All we have to do is receive him, confess our sins and believe in him, and we will be saved with the benefit of his relationship forevermore. (Acts 3:19). Resources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_and_Eve https://answersingenesis.org/adam-and-eve/defense-of-historical-adam/ https://carta.fiu.edu/gsc-creative/2016/04/12/3-scientific-facts-you-never-knew-were-in-the-bible/ https://answersingenesis.org/age-of-the-earth
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