Thursday, May 19, 2011

WHEN WAS THE EARTH & MAN CREATED?


ADAM AND EVE: REAL INDIVIDUALS OR SYMBOLS?

QUESTIONS IN NEED OF COMMON ANSWERS BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND SCIENTISTS:

1. WHEN WAS THE WORLD CREATED?

2. WHEN WAS MAN CREATED?

3. ARE ADAM & EVE TRULY MARKED THE BEGINNING OF HUMAN RACE?

4. THE NUMEROUS STROKES OF LUCK THAT HAVE RENDERED LIFE POSSIBLE ON EARTH COME FROM WHOM IF NOT FROM THE HANDS OF AN ALMIGHTY POWER NAMED GOD?

5. IS THE BIBLE VERSION ON CREATION AND MODERN DISCOVERIES ON THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE NOT IN REALITY COMPLEMENTARY?


Ordinary man questions ever since the end of the 18th century, but also questions opposing today's Christians within the Christian Church and even that divide many Christian's homes.

Some remain attached to the concept of fixity of species ever since creation, others believe in the doctrine of evolution, concept put forward by scientists, in particular geologists and biologists based on their discoveries. A concept by which certain species likely undergo in time (millions of years) series of chromosomal modifications and gradual mutations.

Evolution mechanism can therefore be defined as the accumulation of very small modifications at random in the genome (set of hereditary factors constituent of an individual or of a lineage) of individuals, generating a gradual mutation in populations up to creating a sub-species or a new species.

By evolution concept the appearance of human race on earth was not spontaneous but rather the result of an evolutionary process beginning on earth 370 millions years ago with the appearance on earth of the first vertebrates originated from the Sea, leading about 170 millions years later to the appearance of the first mammalians.

100 millions years later appeared the first primates then 50 millions later appeared the first simians (Hominoids, basic lineage of the hominids)

45 to 48 millions years later appeared the first Hominids, now existing mammalians belonging to a species that can be an ancestor of the human race.

Finally, between 2,6 to 1,7 millions years ago appeared the first species recognized as characteristic of the actual human race, marking a decisive mutation known as “Homo sapiens sapiens” man. Appeared 200 thousand years ago for the first time in Eastern Africa. Fossils discovered confirm existence in same form of this species for the last 33 to 35 thousand years.
Probably the first, but in any case the most famous discovery is the fossil given the name “Lucy” discovered in 1924 in Ethiopia.

The question is: Can the Human race in its present image, be subject to further evolution?

Evolution to a new biological species distinct from another is achieved only when a chromosomal change, claimed to be possible only by accident or out of exceptional stroke of luck, is associated at one moment or another with the accumulation of inherited genetic modifications.

It is said that the elements inherited in a chromosomal change to be reproductive must be from both the father and the mother and is sterile if from the only father or from the only mother.

New species are stabilized in case of reproduction between blood related species, individual male and individual female that have undergone the same identical chromosomal change.

If we should admit to the numerous analogies between the creation of the universe as interpreted in the Bible with all the scientific discoveries and theories on the origin of the earth and life, we can but honestly open up our minds to new hypotheses about creation. Surprisedly we may find ourselves absolutely not in contradiction with our Christian belief.

The essential difference between Christian's versions in the creation and scientists theories, is that where Christians see the almighty and supernatural hands of God, scientists interpret in terms of : accident, chance, stroke of luck, exceptionally favorable coincidence etc.

But as Christians, we must be convinced to the fact that there is no where in the Bible, spiritually or physically, we find God making use of any magical power in his relationship with mankind. Every thing, in every promise, in every covenant, in every fulfillment there is always a process.

Apparently we find 331 “IF” in the Bible. Do this and you will obtain that. And this is recalled in God's very first relationship with Adam and Eve. And we know that it was not different after them and have no justified reason to believe that it was different before them, because God is unchangeable.

Therefore we should believe that existence on earth in its present form is the result an evolutionary process with testing obstacles God's creations were individually called to undergo to inherit the favorable outcome of his plan.

The only reason for scientists not believing in mankind existence on another planet is that their theory on the origin of life on earth and the exceptional circumstances assuring human evolution and existence have implicated so many indispensable, favorable, exceptional, and strokes of luck occurrences, as if fore- planned, that it is unlikely or even impossible for them to imagine an exact repetition elsewhere.

Here is where belief in the hands of a supernatural almighty power, God, become complementary to scientists discoveries.

Who can explain the origin and earthly-wide development of plant's life, that enriches the atmosphere with oxygen and furnishes the necessary energetic resource allowing the development of animal life, including the human race, without which life on earth could not exist?

Who can explain the complex biologic constitution of living creatures, each perfectly adapted to its environment? Or the perfect synchronization in the natural functioning of all living matter? Or the mysteries of human cells, cellulars, Chromosomes, A.D.N. Etc.?

Who can explain human being spiritual existence? The coexistence in all mankind of the life of the flesh, the life of the soul and the living God in Spirit?

The Almighty God remains the only valid explanation of the indispensable synchronization of ecology, biology, genetic code, etc. that generate the necessary favorable conditions and elements leading to life in general and human existence.

There are many analogies between the Bible version on the creation of Heaven and earth and the scientific theories on the origin of the universe and the evolution process leading to human race.

It is not literally expressed in the Bible that the creation of Adam and Eve is included in six days of God creation of heaven and earth.

In Genesis 1: 26-28 we read: “And God said let us make man in our image, after our likeness: And let “THEM” have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that crept upon the earth.

So God created “MAN” in his own image, in the image of god created he him; “MALE”and “FEMALE” created he him.

And God blessed “THEM”, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: And have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the air and over all living thing that move upon the earth.”

This order of God (To be fruitful and multiply) seems to differ from his command to Adam and Eve not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil of the garden of Eden.

The other question, we know that Adam and Eve received God's curse upon them. Can God curse what he had already bless?

In Genesis. 2: 7-8: we read: And the Lord God formed of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

And the Lord God planted a garden Eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had form.

In Genesis 2: 15- 18 & 21-25, we read: “And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

And the Lord God commanded the man saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat;

But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it: For in the day that thou ate thereof thou shall surely die.

And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him and help meet for him.

And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh thereof.

And the rib, which the Lord had taken from man, made he a woman, because she was taken from man.”

In the six days creation, “MAN” is refer to as a collective noun, in the Garden of Eden “Man” is refer to as an individual. Therefore there is a difference in time and in person between God's six days creation of the earth and his creation of the garden of Eden, of Adam and Eve and his covenant with them. This difference in time can be well over 2 billions years, time estimated between the creation of earth and the appearance of human race in its present form.

Many ambiguities in the literal interpretation of the Bible provide grounds for one to presume. The biblical interpretation of creation compared to modern discoveries on the origin of the universe anf life is today undoubtedly a biblically debatable question calling for debate. One is founded in asking the following questions:

1. SHOULD THE CREATION OF ADAM AND EVE AND THE GARDEN OF EDEN BE CONFUSED IN TIME, IN SPACE AND IN PERSON WITH GOD'S CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE OR SHOULD THE BOOK OF GENESIS BE INTERPRETED AS GOD'S FIRST COVENANT WITH MANKIND?

2. IS THE BOOK OF GENESIS NOT LIKELY RELATED TO THE BEGINNING OF THE HISTORY OF GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE?

3. WHY GOD MADE EVE FROM THE BONE OF ADAM? IF NOT THAT SHE SHOULD INHERIT OF HIS CHROMOSOMAL EVOLUTION AND AS SUCH BE REPRODUCTIVE AS A FIX SPECIES?

4. SHOULD IT NOT BE UNDERSTOOD THAT AS A PART OF GOD'S FIRST COVENANT WITH MANKIND, WHEN HE CREATED ADAM, IT WAS THE FULFILLMENT OF HIS PLAN, TO CREATE HIS RELATIOSHIP WITH MANKIND AS AN ACCOMPLISHED LIVING BODY COMPLETED WITH A LIVING SOUL THROUGH GOD'S BREATH?

The dust of the earth used by God to create Adam represent a significant analogy with Nasa's detection on a meteorite fallen in Australia in 1969 traces of animated acids of chemical and extraterrestrial origin, revealing a chemical evolution similar to what has permitted the appearance of life on earth.


CREATION OF THE EARTH

God is the creator of the universe, constituted of all that exist: Over 50 millions galaxies separated by dust, gas and atomic particles, extended far beyond the 15 billions light years that can be currently observed, and currently estimated to be 10 to 13 billions years of age.

By scientists theory, the universe derives from an enormous explosion occur about 15 billions years ago, known as the “Big Bang”, but the earth was form only 4,6 billions years and the solar system 5 millions years ago.

It is not clear in the book of Genesis on the creation of Heaven and Earth if it is referred to the above described universe or simply of the visible Sun and moon, the earth and its galaxy, estimated to be constituted of over 200 billions stars and all there is.

By a CSA 1994 survey: Of the world population, 24% believe that the universe begin by a “big bang”, 8% believe it was by accident, 21% believe it was created by God out of nothingness, but only 6% believed it was created as said in the Bible.


1. OLD THEORIES:

The Jewish Bible, called by Christians the Old Testament, claimed that the world was created in 4963 B.C. :Day 1: Light/day 2: The sky & separation of the waters/ day 3: Sea & earth/ day 4: Sun, Moon & Stars/ day 5: Fishes & Birds/ day 6: Animals (Domestic and wild), reptiles and man/ day 7: God rested.

James Usher (1581-1656) in his version of the Bible advanced the year 4004 B.C. Date retained in the western world up to the XIX century for religious reasons.

The Upanishads indians (VII-V. B.C.) claimed that the world was old of 2 billions years.

Between the year 1758 to 1898, many European scientists advanced various ages ranging from 75 000 to 240 millions years.


2.. CURRENT ISOTOPIC DATING:

The current isotopic dating of the earth, the Moon and the meteorites is considered to be 4,56 to 4,65 billions years old.

CREATION OF MAN

1. ADAM AND EVE INTERPRETED FROM A SCIENTIFIC POINT OF VIEW: IMAGINARY OR REALITY?

The story of Adam and Eve scientifically interpreted goes like this: A certain individual conventionally named Adam and belonging to the Hominoid super-family supposedly had underwent a chromosomal mutation. After what he fertilized a female hominoid that was to give birth to a girl called Eve by convention. Eve had inherited of Adam's chromosomal mutation. Eve fertilized by her father Adam was to give birth to the first hominid.

All human race is supposedly descendent of the couple Adam and Eve, because the probability for a male hominoid and a female hominoid that have undergone separately the same chromosomal accident to meet is practically nil .

In Genesis 2: 23 we read: “And Adam said, this is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: She will be called woman, because she was taken out of Man.”

No one can deny the fact that the above described relation between Adam and Eve is analogous to that of father to daughter. The only possible explanation that the couple Adam-Eve was not considered as incestuous is because the bone taking from Adam was a fertilization process at the stage of hominoid previously to the accomplished mankind.

It is not sure that before God curse upon Adam and Eve that his reproduction plan for mankind was to be asexual or sexual. Even is sexual it there is no certainty that it was to be through vaginal internal fertilization. The fusion of 2 reproductive cellulars called gametes ( Ovum/female & spermatozoid/male) can be accomplished in other ways.

Adam and Eve gave birth to three sons Cain, Abel and Seth. Cain after being curse for haven slain his brother Abel was driven from the garden of Eden and in the Land of Nod and it is written: Genesis 4: 17: “And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare a son Enoch.” and unto Enoch was born I'rad etc.

From whom descent the wife of Cain, the wife of I'rad and of all the Other descent of Adam and Eve? The only case of incest we find in the Bible is that of Loth two daughters who after getting their father drunk with wine went to bed with him and each gave birth to a son.

We also know that for some reason, one of two children born of incestuous parents develop a psychopathologic deficit.

So if we turn down all incestuous suspicion, we must admit that it is inconceivable for Adam and Eve to be the individuals cited as "Man" in the six days of God's beginning creation of the universe, without having doubt over the exact reproductive manner of that age: Sexual? asexual? Bisexual? as we know certain insects and animals can be up to this day.

Considering that it was not by God but by convention that the name Adam was given to the Man and Eve to the Woman, God created in the Garden of Eden, it is more likely conceivable that Adam and Eve were not two single individuals but symbolized the beginning a new human race separated into males and female, selected by God to be his chosen under covenant.

The above hypothesis will be in conformity with the biological origin of all human race.

It is claimed that after A.D.N. mitochondrion analysis that all current human being are of the same maternal origin beginning 100 000 to 200 000 years ago in Africa, and by chromosome , all have a common ancestor. By these two analysis it have also being proving that modern human being are
descended from a basic population of about 5000 males and 5000 female.