What if there were no Eden?

[Pawel_J]

I heard a wonderful lecture by Br. Guy Consolmagno of the Vatican Observatory this past week on that very topic (he was on the committee that demoted Pluto as a planet). I definitely recommend his books, if you’re interested in this.

Here is the link to an interview with him about his book “God’s Mechanics”.
fora.tv/2008/03/02/Brother_Guy_Consolmagno_God_s_Mechanics
Very interesting.

 

[grannymh]

Here is the link to an interview with him about his book “God’s Mechanics”.
fora.tv/2008/03/02/Brother_Guy_Consolmagno_God_s_Mechanics
Very interesting.

Thank you. But I don’t have sound hooked up to my computer. Do you recall if this interview talked specifically about the two sole parents of the human species, Adam and Eve?

Blessings,
granny

Isaiah 55

 

[Dorothy]

Thank you. But I don’t have sound hooked up to my computer. Do you recall if this interview talked specifically about the two sole parents of the human species, Adam and Eve?

Blessings,
granny

Isaiah 55

The Encyclical “Humani Generis” does. It states that we all came from Adam and Eve.

 

[grannymh]

All I am saying is that Catholic Doctrine needs to take into account the natural history of the world. Saying that the account in Genesis is mythological and not literal is not heretical. In fact, there is nothing heretical in my quote.

I want to see how science and theology mixes. Apparently this thread is not for the faint of heart. I want to talk to more biology students. Dinosaurs anyone?

I have been working on the science part because it is the most fascinating aspect.

Regarding your comment about “nothing heretical”. Personally, I don’t use that word because of all the technicalities and besides it sounds like I am shouting at someone.

The difficulty with Adam and Eve is that while surroundings may be figurative, the two sole parents of the human species are real people. Thus mythological cannot be applied to the whole account. If one does apply mythological to Adam and Eve, then one is denying some of the major doctrines of Catholicism. I hope that this makes sense.

Blessings,
granny

Isaiah 55

 

[Pawel_J]

Thank you. But I don’t have sound hooked up to my computer. Do you recall if this interview talked specifically about the two sole parents of the human species, Adam and Eve?

Blessings,
granny

Isaiah 55

Not specifically. Its main subject was the relation between science and faith, but Br. Consolmagno said he was treating the Bible rather allegorically. He said similar things I mentioned in my previous post.

 

[rdscheirer]

Life is a sexually tranmitted disease that is uniformally fatal.