Questions

A Question Each for Getting Started

as suggested by Prue, to work out our routine for building a Q&A

NOTE: Index numbers are generated automatically. Use them temporarily only, during this experiment. Bruce (talk)

a single male ancestor?

There is a body of scientific evidence that people are not descended from a single male ancestor. Acts 17:26 includes the statement that God “made from one [man/source/stock(?)], every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth”. Can these be reconciled? Prue (talk)

See Critical appraisal: "a single male ancestor?" followed by Discussion here; also at Acts 17:26 and "from one man".

Does the earth move?

(I'm replacing my original practice question with this. The first one (Prue's) is heavier going than I expected, mine was already going in circles and isn't strictly a "reconciliation" issue; so I think this will be easier and more beneficial. The old one is at Are creation and design different? Bruce (talk) )

There is a body of scientific evidence that the earth is spinning on its axis and rotating around the sun. However the Bible clearly states that God "set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved." (Psalm 104:5, ESV) and the experience of Joshua and Hezekiah back this up. Can these be reconciled?

See Critical appraisal: "Does the earth move?" followed by Discussion here and at Psalm 104:5

— Bruce (talk) 12:36, 22 April 2018 (UTC)

Scientifically speaking, are all humans over the last 6,000 years related?

Based on scientific evidence, can it be said that all of the current human species for the last 6,000 years are related genetically etc? Paul (talk) 02:31, 22 March 2018 (UTC) Discussion...

Paul — This question probably folds under Prue's test question so I will discontinue this one.

Scientific evidence for human evolution

Is “Evolution”, as the basis for the commencement of the current human species, truly provable in the minds of “genuine” Scientists? Paul (talk) 02:31, 22 March 2018 (UTC) Discussion...

Critical appraisal: Critical appraisal of the question "Is Evolution truly provable in the minds of genuine Scientists?"

Paul — I have agreed that this question is very close to Prue's "Reconciliation challenge: a literal single male ancestor, or modern science? (Acts 17:26)" So I agree to discontinue this Question and Reconciliation Challenge.

Colin's questions

Colin has listed 18 questions on his personal page. Kerry's answers are here. Bruce (talk) 20:27, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

2 specific questions now follow:

1. Do you believe Adam was the first man of the entire human race that God created?
2. Who do you believe Cain married?

— Colin (talk)

follow what?

My questions were not entered before on the Questions page until I added them, so they are there now. {{subst:Sig!Colin (talk) 14:46, 12 April 2018 (UTC)<align+"right">— Colin (talk) 11:53, 10 April 2018 (UTC)}}

How do these questions relate to what we are supposed to be doing?

— Bruce (talk) 12:46, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

They are most relevant to considering the subject that we are to report to the ecclesia on. {{subst:Sig&lota;Colin (talk) 11:53, 10 April 2018 (UTC)}}

— Bruce (talk)

This is the Questions page! Your list of eighteen questions is on your personal page User:Colin and I copied them with formatting on your User_talk:Colin page. I asked Kerry to look at them, and copied her answers in on the page ColinQ1-18-KerryA. I see you've also given answers to some of them. I'll put some in too.

As for their relevance to The task in hand, yes, some are and we may come to them; but the process that we have agreed to, I think, is to offer one question each that we can work through. That will clarify that we're not setting up a series of questions with an argument about the Unity Basis at the end of it, we're doing something else:

The ecclesia has resolved that we:
"acknowledge that problems undoubtedly exist within our community in reconciling our various understandings of Scripture with the discoveries of science, and we accept the responsibility to give attention to solving these difficulties ..." and we have been appointed as "a small group of suitable members willing and able to undertake this task ... based on the scope provided by the Ecclesia, and report back ..."

If it proves to be impossible, then so be it, but we're here to make the attempt.

— Bruce (talk)