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Darwin Evolution Adam & Eve: داروين و التطور و آدم و حواء - هانى مينا ميخائيل This series of 12 English and 15 Arabic video clips, 10 minutes each on the youtube.com and www.copticorthodox-divinejustice.com discusses how to understand Darwins Evolutionary theory and the story of Adam, Eve and Original Sin, where there is no contradiction except for Creationists (Bible literalists) and Atheists who deny God in the name of science!!! The latter is a non-scientific stance that lacks the basic definition of science, i.e. talking only about matter, space and time which could be studied in a lab, but not metaphysics, which is the realm of Faith. Video Titles: Darwin Evolution Adam & Eve: داروين و التطور و آدم و حواء- هانى مينا ميخائيل 1- Introduction: The big Questions: Why & How? No contradiction between God and Science Darwin did not speak against God The conflict is between Creationists and Atheists TREE OF LIFE A meaningful ascending graph = intelligence = God; OR, that matter can think and develop its own Natural Law !!! 2- Big Bang, Red Shift, Expansion of the Universe, Point of Singularity (Stephen Hawking) = The Universe started from NOTHINGNESS, 15 billion years ago Criticism to Richard Dawkins, atheist. 3- Atheists say Evolution is the New God. Creationists say: take all the Bible as literally exact or reject it all (all or none). Carbon 14 dating. Genesis 1-11 is not science or history in our modern scientific sense. The main teaching: God created everything, out of nothingness, in order, and for a destiny. Symbolism: the Genesis Tree of Life is Christ Himself. St Paul: sin by one man, life by one Man Jesus. Israel = name of an individual, or tribe or nation. Adam = Soil; Eve = Life, Mother of Life, Human being. 4- WHY? & HOW? Francis Bacon: 2 infallible books: Nature and Scriptures. 2 fallible interpreters: Scientist and Theologian; hence the conflict. True and exact; True but not exact. Literal versus Symbolic. Anba Beemin (Coptic Orthodox) accepts Evolution for Adam and Eve, because primates are still dust. 5- Exact History gives, at least, specific Time, Place and Person. The Bible is not a book of science or scientific history, as we understand it. Only God is Absolute. The Bible was not meant to be scientifically exact, but a spiritually correct revelation on Salvation. Moses lived 700-800 years after Abraham; could he have written an exact record of Abrahams dialogue with the angels? Times-online-paper on how to read the True and Exact as well as the True but not Exact in the Bible. Definitions: Parable? Myth? Lie? Fiction? 6- Four books to review. Israels religious historical map. Poetry is not a scientific report, still it is a true experience but not exact. God alone is Absolute: the Bible is a finger pointing to God. Genesis: Treasure in earthen vessels frame and precious painting changeable mould and unchangeable content. Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts allowed this was not from the beginning in the plan of God. Literalism does not glorify God any more than Symbolism; it only raises doubts!!! 7- Putting the Bible under the microscope is a disgrace. How? & Why? keep them separate. OLD MYTHS and GENESIS. Yahwistic and Priestly traditions in Genesis 1-2. Image & Likeness of God. 8- Old Myths and Genesis 1-2 on the story of Creation. 9- Original Sin. No guilt inheritance, as Grace is not inherited! Consequences of sin (punishment) are made by the sinner not God. St Anthony: on being with God or away from Him, we make our suffering. 10- Reason and Faith: Sayings of the Church Fathers on Genesis and logical thinking. Difficult questions raised if Genesis 1-2 is literal. 11- Darwins Evolutionary History: Natural Selection. Lamarckism, use and disuse. Defrees mutations. Mendels heredity. Teilhard de Chardin and Gods Ultimate Plan. 12- History of Mans evolution. Genetics and Epigenetics. Conclusion