Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site scgvaxd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trwrb!scgvaxd!dan From: dan@scgvaxd.UUCP (Dan Boskovich) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Origin of Man Message-ID: <287@scgvaxd.UUCP> Date: Thu, 28-Mar-85 21:19:45 EST Article-I.D.: scgvaxd.287 Posted: Thu Mar 28 21:19:45 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 31-Mar-85 03:04:28 EST References: <23193@lanl.ARPA> <281@scgvaxd.UUCP> <282@scgvaxd.UUCP> <778@trwatf.UUCP> Reply-To: dan@scgvaxd.UUCP (Dan Boskovich) Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA Lines: 78 Summary: In article <778@trwatf.UUCP> root@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith) writes: >> The first time that incest is referred to in the Bible is in Leviticus >> chap.20. Here, God is giving Isreal the Law. The Law strictly forbids >> any act of incest. The only other mention of it is in Gen. 19 with Lot >> and his daughters. >> >> By this time in human history, the effects of sin were obvious. Life >> span had drastically dropped, meat eating (1) had been encouraged to >> supplement the scarcity of and difficulty of obtaining plant nutrition, >> (famines were quite common) (1) See Gen.6&7, and sin had even effected >> genetics. >> >> The sin diseased genes of Adam and Eve had mutated enough down through >> time to cause serious health defects in the offspring of those closely >> related (As we can see today). God, knowing this, and in his effort to >> preserve His chosen people, proclaimed incest a sin and commanded the >> Isrealites to abstain from it. >> >> Dan Boskovich > >Here we are asked to believe that somehow ethical and moral conduct >producess genetic changes; changes that are not only inherited, but >control our behavior on a daily basis. Claims like this had better be >substantiated with physical evidence if anyone is going to take them >seriously. You are not asked to believe anything! This is net.religion where we discuss theological positions. If you want physical evidence for every religous belief, you are reading the wrong newsgroup. God said, in Genesis, "In the day that you eat of this fruit, you shall die." This is theology, not science! > >It is interesting to note here that Jesus is a descendent of David, who >in turn was descended from Lot through this same incestuous >relationship with his daughters. If sin WERE transmitted genetically, >then God might have found someone more "sin free" amoung the levites. Genetics are inherited when the egg becomes fertile through the penetration of the sperm. Since Jesus was born of a virgin, there was no such process. Don't ask me how God did it! I don't know! Remember, this is net.religion! If God can create the world and everything in it, I'm sure He can protect Jesus from inheriting the harmful effects of sin. After all, this was the purpose of the virgin birth. In order for Christ to be sinless, He first had to be born without sin. Since the bible teaches that we all inherit sin from Adam, the virgin birth was imperative! If you want scripture references, I will furnish them upon request. I don't have my bible handy! > >I don't think, however, that he is as interested in the purity of a >man's genes as he is in the purity of his heart, which is most likely >not guided by genetics or ridiculous theories determined to justify a >particular belief system. >-- >UUCP: ...{decvax,ihnp4,allegra}!seismo!trwatf!root - Lord Frith >ARPA: trwatf!root@SEISMO You are right! God is interested in the heart! Such is the theme of New Testament. Because Christ who knew NO sin, became sin for us all. I John: If we say that we have no sin, we are liars and deceive ourselves. Beloved, I write these thing to you that you may not sin, but if any man sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Romans 7: That which I wish to do, I do not; that very thing I hate to do, I do! Oh wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from this body of death! Romans 8:1 There is therefore no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. Dan