Some people seem to believe that Adam and Eve was true because they simply read it in the bible. I wish I could be like that! I swear I would love to have that much faith. I happen to believe in evolution and hate myself for that.
Is it because I don't know how the bible was produced or who wrote it what makes me unhealthly sceptical?
I have started to really hate myself in the last month or so because I seem to want to question everything.
Why can't I simply just believe in Adam and Eve? I do believe in god. As a presence though, not body.
2007-04-09 09:49:47 · 27 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-04-09 09:56:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Read Revelation 12, this is the truth about Eve, Adam came from the land of Nod, Adam never had children nor lived together. The earth according to the Word of God is more then 7 billion years old.
The traditions of men has deceived you into believing the earth is 6 thousand years old and Adam was a mate to Eve.
Look at the birth of Jesus, Mary needed no man, but the Holy Ghost.
2007-04-09 17:02:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Being skeptical is one of the most important factors to learning, it allows us to question? For example I believe the Bible before I would ever believe man. See 2 Tim 3:16
Men lie, but just show me one place in scripture where God lies? Just send me the thought, then we will analyze it together.
Before a person can put any kind of faith in God's word he needs to make a fair effort to understand it and how it gives us the answers when we seek to find them earnestly.
For example why try to believe in Adam and Eve when you yet don't understand the basics?
So what am I talking about? You live and grow up and except things that have been passed down to you as fact?
You assume, rather than test for yourself? A small example of this is what you have assumed about life? What happens to us when we die? Read Eccl 9:4, 5,10, Eccl 3:19-21. What about the immortality of the soul? Read Ezek 18:4,(souls die)
The problem here is that man puts his own thoughts and doctrines into our minds and hearts and we foolishly allow this to happen. Study your bible on a subject basis.
Feel free to ask for direction gemhandy@hotmail.com
2007-04-09 17:28:09 · answer #3 · answered by gem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither of the positions you take regarding Genesis is absolutely at odds with Christianity. There are theistic evolutionists and Christians who take a non-literal approach to the first few chapters of Genesis. I take a conservative approach to Genesis and I find compelling evidence for intelligent design in the universe but I do not make those issues litmus tests for true Christianity and I no of no Evangelical Christian leaders who do. Don't let those issues worry you at the moment. By the way, though Christians do believe Christ has a glorified body they do not believe God the father does (in spite of Old Testament anthropomorphisms that were not intended to be taken literally). God doesn't hate you for thinking so don't let your questions keep you from seeking him. If you do seek him you will be glad you did.
2007-04-09 17:02:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to believe literally in the Adam and Eve account for salvation.
Many denominations e.g. Catholics, Methodists, most UK Anglicans and some Pentecostals don't take it literally.
It makes certain passages in the New Testament such as Romans 5 easier to understand if you believe it literally. In Romans 5 Adam is used to stand for the symbolic head of Mankind. Jesus is a New Adam, the head of a new race.
Jesus only made one tiny reference to Adam and Eve, with relation to marriage (that I know of).
It wasn't central to the apostles' teaching at all. E.g. The most theological work of Paul, Romans, starts by explaining the state of sin separarting us from God by talking about features of depravity in Roman society.
2007-04-09 17:37:37 · answer #5 · answered by Cader and Glyder scrambler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is strong evidence for the common ancestry of man. There is less than 1/10th of 1% genetic difference between you and any other person on the planet. Here's a link to the human genome project where you can check this out for yourself: http://www.genome.gov/17015412
The plain fact is that the genetic similarity between a black female and an unrelated white male is 99.9%. This speaks of our common descent and is verified by modern scientific research at the most prestigious facility of its kind in the world.
Hating yourself is counterproductive, and I hope this information will give you a bit of hope.
Tom
2007-04-09 16:59:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to understand what I have written here...
http://www.schneblin.com/studies/pdfs/winnowing_wheat_chaff.pdf
What you are feeling in your angst is a spiritual "winnowing". Sounds to me like you are a wheat with a sticking chaff. God keeps tossing you into the air to separate you, but you just cannot shed that husk.
What you need to do is just be honest with God. Tell Him the difficulty you are having. That you want to believe, but just need a good nudge in the right direction. God understands how difficult it is. He purposely made it difficult to winnow the believer from the scoffer.
You do not need a lot of faith, you only need a mustard seeds worth to get you into eternal life and salvation. You need to change your focus, however. It's not about Adam and Eve, it is about Jesus. Start there and shove the rest in a drawer for later. As soon as you come to terms with Jesus (liar, lunatic, or Lord) then your answers will all be taken care of accordingly.
What you are going through right now is a war for your eternal soul. Who wins depends on who you provide the ammo.
2007-04-09 16:54:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't hate yourself for using critical thinking. I truly believe that you find find yourself a better Christian or Buddhist or Muslim or Atheist or Whatever if you challenge the status quo and arrive at conclusions using your mind and not someone else's. I'm an atheist by the way. Good luck to you, and keep pondering until you have no more questions left to answer.
2007-04-09 17:04:27 · answer #8 · answered by seattlefan74 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you "wish I could be like that." To believe in something that is clearly a myth isn't something to wish for.
You're in a state of self-dislike because we humans are programmed to follow societal dictates - especially when it comes to god. With a little distance, believing in impossible things becomes more difficult, and your current point-of-view will feel more natural to you.
I would recommend you read "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins. It's on the NY Times bestseller list right now and believe it or not, is very uplifting! Good luck to you.
2007-04-09 16:55:06 · answer #9 · answered by Cindy Lou Who --P3D-- 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Don't hate yourself, its a challenge for all of us to believe in something we cant see or have no physical evidence of. I'm a christian and i believe in the Bible with all my heart even though it is easier to believe that we have evolved. It's easier because its evident. But God said that faith grows by hearing the word, we have to hear it to start believing in it. Questioning things isn't bad, its just apart of our natural curiosity that God gave to us, not so that we can hate ourselves for it but enjoy the gift he's given us. Just pray to God that you want to believe but you find it hard to. He'll answer your prayer.
2007-04-09 17:06:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yep. What got me was the plants before the Sun thing. Totally absurd. Being a skeptic is healthy and just keep asking those questions and keep reading the Bible. It gets funny after a while.
2007-04-09 16:55:38 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋