Evangelicals questioning Adam's origin could lead to 'devastating consequences,' warns Ken Ham
Answers in Genesis CEO Ken Ham is warning people that there will be "devastating consequences" when evangelicals question the origin of Adam, and try to provide their own speculations on how he came to be.
"Evangelicals who embrace evolution have a few proposals for interpreting Adam, including that he's the head of a tribe, an archetype of humanity, or that he did not even exist," he writes on his Facebook page.
He then shared a post written by Simon Turpin, who explains what will happen when peple deny the supernatural creation of Adam.
"Today, there is a significant paradigm shift taking place within the evangelical academy in its approach to understanding the identity of Adam. Due to a mixture of biblical and scientific reasons, an increasing number of evangelical scholars are beginning to deny the supernatural creation of Adam. Viewing Adam as anything other than the first human, who was supernaturally created, is now becoming a standard interpretation for many within the evangelical community," he writes.
According to Turpin, evangelicals who want to embrace evolution have suggested that Adam is a neolithic farmer, the head of a tribe, or an archetype of humanity. Some even said that he did not even exist at all.
"Unfortunately, these scholars seem unaware of the devastating consequences for synthesising evolution with Bible," says Turpin. "The issue is not whether a person can be a Christian and believe in evolution, but what that person has to abandon theologically and biblically in order to hold to his belief in evolution."
Turpin explains that it is possible to believe in both God and evolution, but that does not mean a person can believe in both "with a consistent and coherent understanding of Scripture."
"The term 'blessed inconsistency' should be applied here as many Christians who believe in evolution do not take it to its logical conclusions," he says. "Christians who accept evolution are unwittingly helping to erode belief in the supernatural creation of Adam and other vital doctrines of the Christian faith."
