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"Some people might be persuaded that the Creationist view, in which God had a hand in Man's existence, is being justified by recent findings."

Well, I happen to believe that God is entirely responsible for man's existence, but since I also believe that the Genesis creation story is allegorical, I don't know exactly how He went about it.

I've been thinking that God breathing life into Adam might be an allegory for God bestowing souls on vessels that he had created through a process that would leave the fossil record we find. My first thought on reading this was that perhaps those 2,000 were that group.

[SauronOfMordor]

I've been thinking that God breathing life into Adam might be an allegory for God bestowing souls on vessels that he had created through a process that would leave the fossil record we find. My first thought on reading this was that perhaps those 2,000 were that group.

From reading some Jewish Kabbalist references, there's some argument in those quarters that Adam and Eve were the first "spiritually aware" humans (which is used to explain things like "who did cain marry" and "who went to live in the city that he built", etc), and that non-spiritually-aware humans pre-existed

[CobaltBlue]

>>My first thought on reading this was that perhaps those 2,000 were that group.<<

Fascinating concept, which would make a great fantasy, folk tale, or maybe even science fiction story.