Adam had been a subject of much debate over the past couple decades probably more so than it ever has been before. One of the main reasons so many people have avoided him in today’s society is because they do not understand how they can be held responsible for another person’s sin. This must come to an end considering the impact he has on the life of a person. With all the different viewpoints of who he was, it has made it difficult for Christians and non-Christians alike to come to any kind of decision. The purpose of this short survey of Adam is to simply show the different ways that Adam has been portrayed and then from that show how a reasonable understand of him, given all the evidence, affects us as humans and as Christians. John Milton
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This is to say that Adam and Eve were simply something created in the mind of Moses (author of the Septuagint) to illuminate Christ and further emphasize the role that he played in the redemptive story. H. M. Kuitert was one of the key players in progressing this theory in the theological community. His argument in a nutshell was this: We need to see the biblical authors and their texts within the time they wrote it in. Moses spoke of a firmament in Genesis 1:6 but one cannot speak of a firmament literally as it is actually just an effect of light. In this same setting Adam and Eve are mentioned and since there is no reason to believe an actual firmament existed, there is also no reason to believe that Adam and Eve existed in this context and as we go back farther and farther in history. Unfortunately the way the New Testament portrays Adam does not require a conclusion other than this one. We will come back to this argument later as we begin to think about how Adam affects us as human beings and as …show more content…
Beginning with the secular world, the impact had on this group is an impact on an individual’s meaning in life. Meaning is required by human beings, no matter who you are, at some point in your life you begin to desire to be a part of something bigger than yourself. You start to ponder certain questions about why we are on this earth, and if we were put on this earth to do something or if we simply got here out of random chance. It would be important for us at this point to understand what is meant by meaning. As far as a simple dictionary definition goes meaning is, “what is meant by a word, text, concept, or action.” So in terms of a secular view of meaning one would likely think that it is what should be done with his or her life. So when they look at their life and ask what their meaning is, you would expect them to answer with something life medicine or teaching. These things aren’t really giving someone meaning though. What these things are do not fall under the category of meaning in life. One could argue that a person’s purpose in life could be to be a great doctor like Hippocrates that is today known as the Father of Modern Medicine or a great teacher like Plato that is the founder of the Academy. Without Adam the secular person is without an answer to if his life has any meaning. This is not to say that the secular person needs to
This is to say that Adam and Eve were simply something created in the mind of Moses (author of the Septuagint) to illuminate Christ and further emphasize the role that he played in the redemptive story. H. M. Kuitert was one of the key players in progressing this theory in the theological community. His argument in a nutshell was this: We need to see the biblical authors and their texts within the time they wrote it in. Moses spoke of a firmament in Genesis 1:6 but one cannot speak of a firmament literally as it is actually just an effect of light. In this same setting Adam and Eve are mentioned and since there is no reason to believe an actual firmament existed, there is also no reason to believe that Adam and Eve existed in this context and as we go back farther and farther in history. Unfortunately the way the New Testament portrays Adam does not require a conclusion other than this one. We will come back to this argument later as we begin to think about how Adam affects us as human beings and as …show more content…
Beginning with the secular world, the impact had on this group is an impact on an individual’s meaning in life. Meaning is required by human beings, no matter who you are, at some point in your life you begin to desire to be a part of something bigger than yourself. You start to ponder certain questions about why we are on this earth, and if we were put on this earth to do something or if we simply got here out of random chance. It would be important for us at this point to understand what is meant by meaning. As far as a simple dictionary definition goes meaning is, “what is meant by a word, text, concept, or action.” So in terms of a secular view of meaning one would likely think that it is what should be done with his or her life. So when they look at their life and ask what their meaning is, you would expect them to answer with something life medicine or teaching. These things aren’t really giving someone meaning though. What these things are do not fall under the category of meaning in life. One could argue that a person’s purpose in life could be to be a great doctor like Hippocrates that is today known as the Father of Modern Medicine or a great teacher like Plato that is the founder of the Academy. Without Adam the secular person is without an answer to if his life has any meaning. This is not to say that the secular person needs to