Category Archives: Christian Evidences/Apologetics

Apologetics: Ruminations on Eden, the Flood, Babel & Archaeology, with a Surprise Ending, Part 7

Dating Eden Eden in the Fertile Crescent Suppose we move Eden back to something like 65,000 BC, when humans were first in Mesopotamia — the traditional site of Eden. Or if we’re willing to move Eden to Africa, we can move … Continue reading

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Apologetics: Ruminations on Eden, the Flood, Babel & Archaeology, with a Surprise Ending, Part 6

 The Flood The Flood itself was either a local flood or else God chose to leave no physical evidence of the Flood on the planet. There is no archaeological or geological evidence for a global Flood. Obviously, God could have … Continue reading

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Apologetics: Ruminations on Eden, the Flood, Babel & Archaeology, with a Surprise Ending, Part 5

Proposition: Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden are a special creation within the Creation I believe God created Adam and Eve from scratch, just as is described in Genesis 2. There was a real, literal Garden of Eden, … Continue reading

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Apologetics: Ruminations on Eden, the Flood, Babel & Archaeology, with a Surprise Ending, Part 4

  The curse of Genesis 3 If the fossil record reveals death, disease, weed, thistles, and even cataclysmic destruction of animal life long before 4004 BC, what did the curse on creation that resulted from sin produce in Genesis 3? … Continue reading

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Apologetics: Ruminations on Eden, the Flood, Babel & Archaeology: An Interview with N. T. Wright

Take the time to read this brief interview with N. T. Wright on some topics we’ve touched on here. It’ll be well worth your time. Wright speaks at a fairly elevated level, so be prepared to be challenged. I’ve just GOT … Continue reading

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Apologetics: Ruminations on Eden, the Flood, Babel & Archaeology, with a Surprise Ending, Part 3

 Death (Rom 5:12-13 ESV) 12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned — 13 for sin indeed was in the world before … Continue reading

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Apologetics: Ruminations on Eden, the Flood, Babel & Archaeology, with a Surprise Ending, Part 2

The Biblical Evidence Reconsidered Cain The account of Cain in Genesis 4 has always been a difficult passage, and the difficulty comes from the text, long before Darwin and dinosaurs. For example, (Gen 4:10-17 ESV) 10 And the LORD said, “What … Continue reading

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Apologetics: Ruminations on Eden, the Flood, Babel & Archaeology, with a Surprise Ending, Part 1

Introduction For the longest time, I refused to read about ancient humans and pre-humans. I preferred not to know because it made it easier to read Genesis 2 – 9 literally. But additional experiments and observations have only strengthened the … Continue reading

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Apologetics: The Bible and Science, Part 17 (On How to Get a Date)

  This is the last post on Genesis 1. From here, we move on to Eden, Cain, the Flood, and Babel — and the pace will pick up quite a bit. However, I could not leave this topic without dealing … Continue reading

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Apologetics: The Bible and Science, Part 16 (Echoes of the Big Bang)

In the Big Bang Theory, the universe begins as chaos, with intense energy but no visible light because other particles get in the way so that light could not be seen. It was dark. But then, the dark and the … Continue reading

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