Biological Mongenesis and theological constraints of various streams of Christianity

Hi Lynn_Munter,

Yes, we’re not saying @Christy “should” do anything. :blush: Gentle is the hand that doesn’t act on instinct-alone.

I’m still not aware of a single concrete “theological constraint” any particular branch (not getting personal with her) of evangelical Protestants have beyond their own personal conscience regarding human origins that she has named, after several times being asked.

It doesn’t seem like anyone (other than myself) is interested to engage your questions or comments here about spiritual monogenesis rather than simply biological monogenesis. The thread even steers away from that, as if biology-alone regarding monogenesis is the basis for the “real” conversation here at BioLogos. It’s not like having “biology” in the title requires avoidance of important human issues involving theology, science & philosophy interface.

Kemp’s paper, “gave entirely different definitions of monogenesis and polygenesis than I had found when looking them up on Wikipedia” - Lynn_Munter

Yes, it does sometimes seem that people use Wikipedia to argue & then are surprised when it isn’t always built on good scholarship.

“Kemp uses them to mean descent from an original pair. The Wikipedia definitions more closely match Kemp’s definitions for monophyletic and paraphyletic: common descent from a single population vs. from multiple sources.” - Lynn_Munter

Hmmm, it is curious then that nobody at BioLogos wants to engage with you, given you’ve expressed interest in Christian views about this topic!

I really don’t have an evangelical Protestant writer who has addressed the topic as clearly and thoroughly as Kemp to offer you, Lynn_Munter, otherwise I would gladly do so. That is why I have challenged Christy, and now call out all of the BioLogos staff to assist her: where are these Protestant views about human origins that have been built on a strong base?

My position is very clear & basic, open & honest based on sound historical scholarship and mainstream religious teachings, compared with the open theology, soul-fuzzy, epic/gospel of evolution, religious naturalism stuff coming from some people (e.g. Rev. Michael Dowd & Connie Barlow): spiritual monogenesis is a core teaching (or, if you prefer, ____ fill in the blank ____ ) of ALL Abrahamic religions.

If anyone should disagree, could they please explain why?