With once-conservative scholars such as Bruce Waltke, Pete Enns and Tremper Longman delivering increasingly loose readings of Genesis and redefining or dismissing inerrancy, I'm wondering with one blogger below: What happened to "Scripture's role in interpreting general revelation"? Since when did science and evidence become the starting point or the driving factor behind our pursuit of truth? Despite the serious challenges, I'm increasingly convinced that high school graduates should have a decent handle on these issues.
Adam an historical figure (another here)
Bruce Waltke on Evolution
These two sample statements come from posts at The BioLogos Foundation:
Bruce Waltke: "If the data is overwhelmingly in favor of evolution, to deny that reality will make us a cult…some odd group that is not really interacting with the world. And rightly so, because we are not using our gifts and trusting God’s Providence that brought us to this point of our awareness."
Pete Enns: "Maybe Israel's history happened first, and the Adam story was written to reflect that history. In other words, the Adam story is really an Israel story placed in primeval time. It is not a story of human origins but of Israel's origins. Everyone has to decide for themselves which of these readings of Genesis has more 'explanatory power.' I (and other biblical scholars) come down on the second option for a number of reasons, some having to do with Genesis itself while others concern other issues in the Bible."
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