John Smithson wrote:
>I have to date, seen no biblical justification
>for the "fall." I believe that Adam and the
>Seventh Rib were never created as an end
>of a creation event.
Seventh Rib? What does that mean? I'm not familiar with this phrase.
One Biblical discussion of the fall of man in Adam is found in Romans 5
Seventh Rib in the context of my comment can only mean one thing.
Romans 5 discusses the consequences of the adamic sin. It does not deal with the aspect of the "fallen nature" of man. N.T. Wright, someone for whom I have a great deal of respect, does assume the "fall" but the content of that (read: his) assumption is not discussed in the material to which I have given attention. Does he believe that Adam and the Mrs were a different kind of person before the fall than after --- I don't know. I do not challenge the biblical claim that things changed -- but I have no reason, to date, to believe that this change included their nature ---- that they suddenly became like us.
John
