For Peter Enns, evolution denies the historical Adam and Eve, and
that gives rise to the questions he’s trying to answer. The fact that
Paul viewed Adam as the first human being has, for Enns, been shown to
be wrong scientifically. Enns asserts that Paul is theologically right
on the point that Jesus defeated sin and death, but that he “may be
wrong” on what caused the problem–Adam’s sin. Though he “may be wrong”
on that, Enns asserts, Paul is right about sin and death and the
solution. Enns says that even if Adam and Eve didn’t bit an apple, sin
and death are real.
Enns seems to want to keep the theology while discarding the history
as he explains: “I don’t need a historical Adam to make all that happen…
I understand why Paul says what he says, cause he’s an ancient man,
cause he’s a Jew.”
For Enns, the theory of evolution carries as much authority as
Scripture, and it shows that Paul was wrong about Adam being the first
human. Moreover, the interpretations that Paul and the other biblical
authors provide of earlier Scripture are just possibilities, not
necessarily correct readings that function as controls on how those
earlier texts should be read.
Peter Enns is trying to combine two different religions, evolution and Christianity... Read the rest HERE
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