Last week, I listened to some of the world’s greatest scientists discuss faith and science and got to meet with them in a couple of small group gatherings. I wish I could have been with those men for an entire week. I would have asked thousands of questions. The previous week, I made a statement in my sermon that has generated a lot of discussion. When man sinned he fell. It genetically altered him. Sin changed our genetics; whereas, man’s physical body was created to live eternally. It would now have a life span and die.
In the past few years, there have been magazine articles to the effect that some people may be "genetically" predisposed to certain sin(s). The "worldly" rationale is that God created us prefect, and, so, if I have the predisposition it must be OK. The "religious" rationale is God didn’t make you that way--science is wrong.
I think they’re both wrong.
Genetic "sinful" genes only prove "original" sin and that man is fallen. We truly are born sinners, and science backs it up! Science is helping your case pastor--use it! Children are born with birth defects every day. Is that a statement to the way we have to stay? Of course not. We medically fix those defects as much as possible.
Jesus came not just to redeem our souls, but our genetics as well. Could this be why a bodily physical resurrection is so important? Are we going to get a new body that is genetically altered or "new" and "improved?"
Ask me in a few hundred years--I’ll have a definitive answer for you!
In the past few years, there have been magazine articles to the effect that some people may be "genetically" predisposed to certain sin(s). The "worldly" rationale is that God created us prefect, and, so, if I have the predisposition it must be OK. The "religious" rationale is God didn’t make you that way--science is wrong.
I think they’re both wrong.
Genetic "sinful" genes only prove "original" sin and that man is fallen. We truly are born sinners, and science backs it up! Science is helping your case pastor--use it! Children are born with birth defects every day. Is that a statement to the way we have to stay? Of course not. We medically fix those defects as much as possible.
Jesus came not just to redeem our souls, but our genetics as well. Could this be why a bodily physical resurrection is so important? Are we going to get a new body that is genetically altered or "new" and "improved?"
Ask me in a few hundred years--I’ll have a definitive answer for you!
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Posted by: Chandler Freeman | February 01, 2007 at 02:37 PM
great post... very intriguing. May I ask what science convention this was?
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Posted by: sacred vapor | February 07, 2007 at 06:14 PM