THE ADAM AND EVE QUESTION

It was mentioned at a hearty Sunday family discussion that there are theories that the first humans came out of Africa. Why do we have paintings that depict Adam and Eve as whites despite this “out of Africa” theory? We humorously resolved that African visual artists and painters should wake up and correct this obvious anomaly!

A highly respected Pastor who was also Professor of Biology told us in church one Sunday that if he asked about the origin of the human race in church and you mention Darwin’s evolution theory you will score zero. You must say we came from Adam and Eve. But if he asked the same question in his Biology class and you say Adam and Eve you will score zero as the right answer will then be Darwin’s theory!

Nearly all who have studied Biology are convinced of the evolution theory. Many are however conflicted because their religious beliefs compel them to accept that the human race appeared at once as fully developed male Adam and female Eve. But seriously, can science and religion be reconciled especially in this case?

I say yes because it is my conviction that religion and science must consistently correspond in all simplicity and clarity for them to represent the Truth! The deficiency in the sciences of today is that scientists have tragically limited themselves exclusively to the material world. Also, religions at times propagate ideas which are not in accordance with the Natural Laws of Creation to which science already bows at least as regards what scientists can observe in the world of matter, the minutest part of Creation.

Perhaps we can understand how man came to this earth and unite religion and science if with our intuition we recognise first that everything on earth starts as a seed. Secondly, the body is different from the spirit of man. Man’s body is not the real man! Therefore, while the body issues from the materiality of this earth starting initially as a seed, then developing into simpler life forms until it reached a sufficient level of maturity, the real emergence of man on earth only occurred when the human spirit coming from above incarnated in the body after a long earthly preparation aforementioned which spanned millennia. This long earthly preparation of the physical body is what science refers to as evolution! What does science know about the human spirit that incarnated in the body? Nothing! Religion too has refused to accept that the human body had to first undergo a process of a necessary development before the human spirit can take it over.

Once we remove the obvious fanaticism of each side, we would have united science and religion in this case!