Well, this is from my hypothesis and may not be Catholic teaching. Again, I don’t struggle with evolution because Darwinists can’t confront the question of abiogenesis. Also, while I don’t think the world is ten thousands years old, I also don’t believe it is millions of years old. I find Darwinists are pulled to assume a long time span in the millions to account for randomness becoming order statistically.
So, the way I see things theologically is Adam and Eve are the representation of the first people. Again representation, as opposed to the only people. Then in Genesis before the flood, right after Adam and Eve, the Bible presents there are other people. Again, atheist see this as a flaw in the Bible but I don’t see it as a flaw but rather these are the primitive people we keep finding bones about. Then with Noah, who again is a representation of a kind of person called to God, God flooded the world to preserve the animals and humans he chose. However, I do believe Noah existed but is only one example. I also believe in Moses, but he is not an example but a specific person.
Again, theologically that is how I think of it but it may not be official Catholic teaching. Finally, I don’t think man is any more or less advanced than ten thousand years ago. So, Darwinists assumption that contemporary man has some how evolved beyond that of previous generations doesn’t hold. I base that on my familiarity with Plato and Homer and other Ancient Greek writing and compare it with what is being written today and clearly there work is superior. I also compare it to the fact there is no written work since the Bible that is like the Bible.
