Catholic Cardinal Says Adam and Eve DID NOT Exist. Do You Agree ?
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Catholic Cardinal Says Adam and Eve DID NOT Exist. Do You Agree ?
In comments that may shock some staunch Catholics, Cardinal George Pell has described the biblical story of Adam and Eve as a myth.
He appeared alongside renowned evolutionary biologist and atheist, Professor Richard Dawkins, on the ABC's Q&A; program last night.
Cardinal Pell said the existence of Adam and Eve was not a matter of science but rather a mythological account.
"It's a very sophisticated mythology to try to explain the evil and the suffering in the world," he said.
"It's a religious story told for religious purposes."
According to Genesis, God created Adam and Eve as the first man and woman and all people are descended from them.
Cardinal Pell's explosive comments came after he was questioned about evolution.
He said it was impossible to say when there was a first human.
It is widely accepted in the scientific community that life on Earth has evolved over about four billion years.Read More: http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshome/13381016/pel...
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ally 2012/04/24 12:54:09
Add to that many of the stories are borrowed from the pagans.
You can think of it like a movie of the week. Included is some drama and underlying it is a teaching story and/or moral.
How did we come out of it unless Even and the kids were procreating?
The story doesn't make logical sense.
We know that there was a period -- a bottleneck -- in which our human ancestors were reduced to near extinction. At that point, there was effectively something very like an Adam and Eve, if not necessarily the individuals named in the Hebrew creation story. Jews/Christians/Muslims might also ascribe that genetic evidence to Noah.
Any definitive statements about prehistory should be suspect, no matter the source. We can only get a fuzzy inkling of things from what evidence is available (like it or not, the Abrahamic creation story is part of the available evidence, and any truly scientific anthropologist would not dismiss it).
That said, the creation story of the Abrahamic faiths does have symbolic meaning, as the Cardinal stated. It is, however, odd to see an authority of the Catholic Church (being probably the most literal sect of Christianity) taking that angle, to the point that I suspect he may have been taken out of context.
Not that raging anti-religious nutbars really care whether believers see their holy writings as literal or symbolic.
WAS A FIRST HUMAN BEING".
THEN THIS IS WHAT GOD THE FATHER SAYS TO YOU, THROUGH HIS SON KING
JESUS CHRIST, AND BY THE "SPIRIT OF TRUTH".......JOHN 14:15-26......."WITH MEN
THIS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW( "WHEN THERE WAS A FIRST HUMAN BEING").
HOWEVER....."WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE"......MATTHEW 19:26
THEREFORE IT STANDS TO REASON, THAT IS BASED UPON THE TRUTH OF
GOD'S WORD........."IN THE BEGINNING OF THE CREATION OF ALL THINGS ON
EARTH, IS WHEN GOD THE FATHER CREATED ADAM, THE FIRST HUMAN BEING,
THE 'FIRST MAN'.............GENESIS 1:26-31.......AND "GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS
IMAGE"!
SINCE YOU ARE A "CARDINAL, A MAN SUPPOSEDLY KNOWING THE HOLY WRITINGS"
2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17............THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE IS A "SIN THAT
IS UNPARDONABLE.......THE SIN OF BLASPHEMING GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT".................
MARK 3:28-30........BY ASSOCIATING......"GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT WITH AN UNCLEAN
SPIRIT OR A LYING SPIRIT, A SPIRIT OF FALSEHOOD. THE SPIRIT OF SATAN THE
DEVIL".............JOHN 8:44.......1 JOHN 3:8-10.
WHEN YOU ARE WELL AWARE THAT GOD THE FATHER "CANNOT LIE, NOR IS HE A
MAN THAT HE SHOULD LIE, OR A SON OF MAN THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE
SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO?.......OR HAS HE SPOKEN , A...
WAS A FIRST HUMAN BEING".
THEN THIS IS WHAT GOD THE FATHER SAYS TO YOU, THROUGH HIS SON KING
JESUS CHRIST, AND BY THE "SPIRIT OF TRUTH".......JOHN 14:15-26......."WITH MEN
THIS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW( "WHEN THERE WAS A FIRST HUMAN BEING").
HOWEVER....."WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE"......MATTHEW 19:26
THEREFORE IT STANDS TO REASON, THAT IS BASED UPON THE TRUTH OF
GOD'S WORD........."IN THE BEGINNING OF THE CREATION OF ALL THINGS ON
EARTH, IS WHEN GOD THE FATHER CREATED ADAM, THE FIRST HUMAN BEING,
THE 'FIRST MAN'.............GENESIS 1:26-31.......AND "GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS
IMAGE"!
SINCE YOU ARE A "CARDINAL, A MAN SUPPOSEDLY KNOWING THE HOLY WRITINGS"
2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17............THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THERE IS A "SIN THAT
IS UNPARDONABLE.......THE SIN OF BLASPHEMING GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT".................
MARK 3:28-30........BY ASSOCIATING......"GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT WITH AN UNCLEAN
SPIRIT OR A LYING SPIRIT, A SPIRIT OF FALSEHOOD. THE SPIRIT OF SATAN THE
DEVIL".............JOHN 8:44.......1 JOHN 3:8-10.
WHEN YOU ARE WELL AWARE THAT GOD THE FATHER "CANNOT LIE, NOR IS HE A
MAN THAT HE SHOULD LIE, OR A SON OF MAN THAT HE SHOULD REPENT. HAS HE
SAID, AND WILL HE NOT DO?.......OR HAS HE SPOKEN , AND WILL HE NOT MAKE
GOOD"?............NUMBERS 23:19.......TITUS 1:2
SO WHY WOULD YOU, CARDINAL, BLASPHEME THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD?
Theological doctrines:
1. God is satisfied with his works
Gen 1:31
God is dissatisfied with his works.
Gen 6:6
2. God dwells in chosen temples
2 Chron 7:12,16
God dwells not in temples
Acts 7:48
3. God dwells in light
Tim 6:16
God dwells in darkness
1 Kings 8:12/ Ps 18:11/ Ps 97:2
4. God is seen and heard
Ex 33:23/ Ex 33:11/ Gen 3:9,10/ Gen 32:30/ Is 6:1/
Ex 24:9-11
God is invisible and cannot be heard
John 1:18/ John 5:37/ Ex 33:20/ 1 Tim 6:16
5. God is tired and rests
Ex 31:17
God is never tired and never rests
Is 40:28
6. God is everywhere present, sees and knows all things
Prov 15:3/ Ps 139:7-10/ Job 34:22,21
God is not everywhere present, neither sees nor knows all
things
Gen 11:5/ Gen 18:20,21/ Gen 3:8
7. God knows the hearts of men
Acts 1:24/ Ps 139:2,3
God tries men to find out what is in their heart
Deut 13:3/ Deut 8:2/ Gen 22:12
8. God is all powerful
Jer 32:27/ Matt 19:26
God is not all powerful
Judg 1:19
9. God is unchangeable
James 1:17/ Mal 3:6/ E...
Theological doctrines:
1. God is satisfied with his works
Gen 1:31
God is dissatisfied with his works.
Gen 6:6
2. God dwells in chosen temples
2 Chron 7:12,16
God dwells not in temples
Acts 7:48
3. God dwells in light
Tim 6:16
God dwells in darkness
1 Kings 8:12/ Ps 18:11/ Ps 97:2
4. God is seen and heard
Ex 33:23/ Ex 33:11/ Gen 3:9,10/ Gen 32:30/ Is 6:1/
Ex 24:9-11
God is invisible and cannot be heard
John 1:18/ John 5:37/ Ex 33:20/ 1 Tim 6:16
5. God is tired and rests
Ex 31:17
God is never tired and never rests
Is 40:28
6. God is everywhere present, sees and knows all things
Prov 15:3/ Ps 139:7-10/ Job 34:22,21
God is not everywhere present, neither sees nor knows all
things
Gen 11:5/ Gen 18:20,21/ Gen 3:8
7. God knows the hearts of men
Acts 1:24/ Ps 139:2,3
God tries men to find out what is in their heart
Deut 13:3/ Deut 8:2/ Gen 22:12
8. God is all powerful
Jer 32:27/ Matt 19:26
God is not all powerful
Judg 1:19
9. God is unchangeable
James 1:17/ Mal 3:6/ Ezek 24:14/ Num 23:19
God is changeable
Gen 6:6/ Jonah 3:10/ 1 Sam 2:30,31/ 2 Kings 20:1,4,5,6/
Ex 33:1,3,17,14
10. God is just and impartial
Ps 92:15/ Gen 18:25/ Deut 32:4/ Rom 2:11/ Ezek 18:25
God is unjust and partial
Gen 9:25/ Ex 20:5/ Rom 9:11-13/ Matt 13:12
11. God is the author of evil
Lam 3:38/ Jer 18:11/ Is 45:7/ Amos 3:6/ Ezek 20:25
God is not the author of evil
1 Cor 14:33/ Deut 32:4/ James 1:13
12. God gives freely to those who ask
James 1:5/ Luke 11:10
God withholds his blessings and prevents men from receiving
them
John 12:40/ Josh 11:20/ Is 63:17
13. God is to be found by those who seek him
Matt 7:8/ Prov 8:17
God is not to be found by those who seek him
Prov 1:28
14. God is warlike
Ex 15:3/ Is 51:15
God is peaceful
Rom 15:33/ 1 Cor 14:33
15. God is cruel, unmerciful, destructive, and ferocious
Jer 13:14/ Deut 7:16/ 1 Sam 15:2,3/ 1 Sam 6:19
God is kind, merciful, and good
James 5:11/ Lam 3:33/ 1 Chron 16:34/ Ezek 18:32/ Ps 145:9/
1 Tim 2:4/ 1 John 4:16/ Ps 25:8
16. God's anger is fierce and endures long
Num 32:13/ Num 25:4/ Jer 17:4
God's anger is slow and endures but for a minute
Ps 103:8/ Ps 30:5
17. God commands, approves of, and delights in burnt offerings,
sacrifices ,and holy days
Ex 29:36/ Lev 23:27/ Ex 29:18/ Lev 1:9
God disapproves of and has no pleasure in burnt offerings,
sacrifices, and holy days.
Jer 7:22/ Jer 6:20/ Ps 50:13,4/ Is 1:13,11,12
18. God accepts human sacrifices
2 Sam 21:8,9,14/ Gen 22:2/ Judg 11:30-32,34,38,39
God forbids human sacrifice
Deut 12:30,31
19. God tempts men
Gen 22:1/ 2 Sam 24:1/ Jer 20:7/ Matt 6:13
God tempts no man
James 1:13
20. God cannot lie
Heb 6:18
God lies by proxy; he sends forth lying spirits t deceive
2 Thes 2:11/ 1 Kings 22:23/ Ezek 14:9
21. Because of man's wickedness God destroys him
Gen 6:5,7
Because of man's wickedness God will not destroy him
Gen 8:21
22. God's attributes are revealed in his works.
Rom 1:20
God's attributes cannot be discovered
Job 11:7/ Is 40:28
23. There is but one God
Deut 6:4
There is a plurality of gods
Gen 1:26/ Gen 3:22/ Gen 18:1-3/ 1 John 5:7
Bet he's in the hot seat today!!!
This is the problem within the Catholic Church. It is people like this cardinal that should leave the Church and join one that believes what he believes in, because what he is preaching goes against the teachings of the Catholic Church and he knows this.
He’s committing blasphemy and I for one will NEVER agree with such a person; Catholic or Not!
But please don't try and school me on what My Church teaches when you’re out prompting che the very man that killed so many because they didn't agree with his philosophies..http://rlv.zcac...
If you and this cardinal do NOT agree with what the Church teaches, move on and stop your DAM LIES!!!
John 1
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.